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 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.
Once I catch you in one lie, it makes me question everything you said.
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.
The idea of recognising your strengths and using them in as versatile a way as you can is cool to me.
I enjoy being involved in making the artwork for albums and stupid stuff like that.
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.
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.
Each individual's success as a solo artist is pretty much a win for the whole team.
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.
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.
I'm not a centerfold.
It's cool to be recognised by your peers.
The idea of recognizing your strengths and using them in as versatile a way as you can is cool to me