“Whenever I think about movies, I always look at that art process as having the best of a lot of worlds. Because if you watch a great film, you have a musical element to it, not just on the scoring, but in the way that the shots are edited - that has music and rhythm and time.”
- Frank Ocean
“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.”
“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.”
“I enjoy singing my songs in front of people.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I play piano every day. I enjoy that.”
“You just do what you can and you have as much fun as possible.”
“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. Trusting that, just because of the way people are built and how interconnected we are, greatness will translate and symmetry will be recognised.”
“I don't fear anybody... at all.”
“As a lifestyle you always being the focal point is innately unhealthy.”
“A friend of mine jokes that I have a painstaking royalty complex. Like maybe I was a duke in a past life.”
“People are just afraid of things too much. Afraid of things that don't necessarily merit fear.”
“There's just some magic in truth and honesty and openness.”
