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" When you write a song like 'Forrest Gump,' the subject can't be androgynous. It requires an unnecessary amount of effort. "

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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. "

" I play piano every day. I enjoy that. "

" I've gotten used to being Frank Ocean. "

" It's not essential for me to have a big debut week; it's not essential for me to have big radio records. "

" I don't fear anybody... at all. "

" Here's what I think about music and journalism: The most important thing is to just press play. "

" I've written some great things. That's a gift, but there's consequences. Yeah, you get this great work, but you suffer. You really, really suffer. "

" I never think about myself as an artist working in this time. I think about it in macro. "

" In the studio, we adhere to a strict colour code. Developed over decades, the colour code consists of a finite and precise colour palate... The whole world as we experience it comes to us through the mystic realm of colour. "

" 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. And writing Langston Hughes replica poems became me wanting to write like Stevie Wonder. "

" It's hard to articulate how I think about myself as a public figure. "

" Some people focus more on sonics. Some people focus more on story. I focus on both sonics and story, but music sometimes, just music itself, can turn into more of a maths problem. I guess everything in life is a math problem, but it can be more about an empirical route to getting the symmetry that you want, and this vibe, sonically. "

" Sometimes I'm fascinated with how famous my work could be while I'm not so famous. "

" I don't have any secrets I need kept any more. "

" I want to thank The Beatles for almost single-handedly getting me out of writer's block. "

" It's about the stories. If I write 14 stories that I love, then the next step is to get the environment of music around it to best envelop the story, and all kinds of sonic goodness - sonic goodies. "

" 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. "

" My music definitely comes from a place of experience. Everything connects to a truth. "

" I need to know how many records I've sold, how many album equivalents from streaming, which territories are playing my music more than others, because it helps me in conversations about where we're gonna be playing shows or where I might open a retail location, like a pop-up store or something. "

" I don't intend to stop making music. "

" It's cool to be recognised by your peers. "

" I have no delusions about my likability in every scenario. I know that in order to get things done the way you want them, oftentimes your position will be unpopular. "

" How we experience memory sometimes, it's not linear. We're not telling the stories to ourselves. We know the story; we're just seeing it in flashes overlaid. "

" I've always wanted to make a career in the arts, and I think that my only hope at doing that is to make it more about the work. "

" 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. "

" I enjoy singing my songs in front of people. I enjoy being involved in making the artwork for albums and stupid stuff like that. "

" Obviously, the cinematography of films is art, just as a still shot can be art. If I'm watching a Wes Anderson movie, the colour palettes alone, and the way they're painted, could be art. With music, you're a little bit limited, of course, because it's only audio. "

" I'm about being the best. "