Frank ocean

The first four and a half years was me in the studio every day, writing songs for other people. I had jobs, too - eleven jobs. I worked at Kinko's, Fatburger, Subway - I was a sandwich artist - and I...

I make pop culture.

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

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

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

Some people focus more on sonics. Some people focus more on story. I focus on both sonics and story.

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

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....

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.

I'm about being the best.