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" When I was growing up, there was nobody in my family - not even my mother - who I could look to and be like, 'I know you've never said anything homophobic.' So, you know, you worry about people in the business who you've heard talk that way. Some of my heroes coming up talk recklessly like that. "

Frank Ocean
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" Art's everything we hope life would be, a lot of times. "
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" We all know we have a finite period of time. I just feel if I'm going to be alive, I want to be challenged - to be as immortal as possible. The path to that isn't an easy way, but it's a rewarding way. "
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" 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. "
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" I like the anonymity that directors can have about their films. "
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" It's more interesting for me to figure out how to be superior in areas where I'm naive, where I'm a novice. "
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" My music definitely comes from a place of experience. Everything connects to a truth. "
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" I had writer's block for almost a year. "
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" I don't ever want to be caught up in a system of thinking I can do one thing 'cos that's just... that's just telling yourself a lie. "
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" I enjoy being involved in making the artwork for albums and stupid stuff like that. "
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" I've gotten used to being Frank Ocean. "
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" It started to weigh on me that I was responsible for the moves that had made me successful, but I wasn't reaping the lion's share of the profits, and that was problematic for me. "
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