Frank Ocean
Frank Ocean
Christopher Francis "Frank" Ocean, is an American singer, songwriter and rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana. Ocean embarked on his musical career as a ghostwriter for several prominent artists, including John Legend, Justin Bieber and Brandy. In 2010, he became a member of alternative hip hop collective Odd Future. Ocean subsequently released his breakout mixtape, Nostalgia, Ultra, to critical acclaim in 2011. It generated his first charting single "Novacane". In 2012, Ocean finished in second place in BBC's Sound of 2012...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth28 October 1987
CityLong Beach, CA
CountryUnited States of America
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.
Some people focus more on sonics. Some people focus more on story. I focus on both sonics and story.
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.
Of course awards matter.
A friend of mine jokes that I have a painstaking royalty complex. Like maybe I was a duke in a past life.
When you are happy, you enjoy music, when you are sad, you understand lyrics
Don't ever play with someone's feelings, you could win the game but you could lose that person forever.
It's a bad religion to be in love with someone who could never love you.
Why see the world / when you got the beach?
People are just afraid of things too much … Sure, evil exists, extremism exists. Somebody could commit a hate crime and hurt me. But they could do the same just because I'm black. They could do the same just because I'm American.
There's just some magic in truth and honesty and openness.
My TV ain't HD, that's too real
I'm extremely compassionate, loving, all of those warm fuzzy things, but the outer shell doesn't project that all the time.
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.