Frank Ocean Quotes

My grandfather was smart and had a whole lot of pride. He didn't speak a terrible amount, but you could tell there was a ton on his mind - like a quiet acceptance of how life had turned out.

I play piano every day. I enjoy that.

Don't feel sad over someone who gave up on you, feel sorry for them because they gave up on someone who would have never given up on them.

I don't intend to stop making music.

My TV ain't HD, that's too real

A friend of mine jokes that I have a painstaking royalty complex. Like maybe I was a duke in a past life.

What do you think my brain is made for?
Is it just a container for the mind?
This great grey matter,
Sensei replied what is your woman,
Is she just a container for the child?
That soft pink matter

You just do what you can and you have as much fun as possible.

Work hard in silence, let success be your noise.

There's just some magic in truth and honesty and openness.

Don't ever play with someone's feelings, you could win the game but you could lose that person forever.

The worse part of being lied to is when you realize you believed it.

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

Keep Writing, Keep Living, Keep Loving

As a lifestyle you always being the focal point is innately unhealthy.

It's just really about trying to do whatever it is I do at a level of excellence. That's really all I'm trying to do while I'm here.

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 like the anonymity that directors can have about their films.

As a man I am not a killer. I'm an artist and a modern person. I'll choose sanity.

If someone breaks your heart just punch them in the face. Seriously. Punch them in the face and go get some ice cream.

I'm about being the best.

I might just write a novel next. I don't know!

I enjoy being involved in making the artwork for albums and stupid stuff like that.

I feel like I was writing as I was learning to talk. Writing was always a go to form of communication.

With my art, it's the one thing that I know will outlive me and outlive my feelings. It will outlive my depressive seasons.

hi lisen to the sound of music

Of course awards matter.

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.

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.

In art, at a certain level, there is no 'better than.' It's just about trying to operate for yourself on the most supreme level, artistically, that you can and hoping that people get it.

Once I catch you in one lie, it makes me question everything you said.

Why see the world / when you got the beach?

As a writer, as a creator, I'm giving you my experiences. But just take what I give you. You ain't got to pry beyond that.

When you are happy, you enjoy music, when you are sad, you understand lyrics

Whatever you do, never run back to what broke you

This unrequited love, to me it's nothing but a one-man cult/And cyanide in my styrofoam cup

She straightens her hair, puts on eyeliner, glosses her lips and takes one last look in the mirror, all for the boy who doesn't care.

I know that we sin but I do believe we try, we all try.

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 make pop culture.

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.

Each individual's success as a solo artist is pretty much a win for the whole team.

The idea of recognising your strengths and using them in as versatile a way as you can is cool to me.

Work hard in silence, and let your success be your noise