A biography for Frank Oceanhasn’t been written yet.
“We were poor. But my mom never accepted that. She worked hard to become a residential contractor - got her master's with honors at the University of New Orleans. I used to go to every class with her. Her father was my paternal figure.”
“I've gotten used to being Frank Ocean.”
“I was a thug.”
“I want to thank The Beatles for almost single-handedly getting me out of writer's block.”
“It's hard to articulate how I think about myself as a public figure.”
“I play piano every day. I enjoy that.”
“I don't intend to stop making music.”
“I hope not to define myself by suffering.”
“I might just write a novel next. I don't know!”
“I booked my first studio at like 12 or 13. Somewhere in that season of my life, singing along with the radio became me wanting to be on radio, you know.”
“I'm big on what's in good taste.”
“The Internet is just another experiment showing us more sides of us.”
“Sometimes, I want to talk on a song and be angry, because I am angry. Then there's always a part of me that remembers that this record lives past my being angry, and so do I really want to be angry about that? Is that feeling going to have longevity?”
“No, I don't like you, I just thought you were cute enough to kiss you.”
“As a lifestyle you always being the focal point is innately unhealthy.”
“I'm not a centerfold.”
“If you could see my thoughts, you could see our faces.”
“I worked my face off.”
“I think we all change each other's paths. I don't know which law idea that is in physics, but I don't think any of us can live without affecting one another.”
“I won't touch on risky, because that's subjective. People are just afraid of things too much. Afraid of things that don't necessarily merit fear.”