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.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the importance of storytelling in music and the necessity of creating the right atmosphere to enhance it.
Frank Ocean highlights that the essence of his work lies in the stories he tells through his music. He believes that crafting narratives is just the beginning; the next crucial step is to surround these narratives with the appropriate musical environment that enriches and complements the stories, creating an immersive experience for the listener.
In practice
In a music review discussing the emotional depth of an album, one might reference this quote to emphasize the narrative quality of the songs.
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.
I think we all change each other's paths. I don't know which law idea that is in physics, but I don't think any of us can live without affecting one another.
Work hard in silence, let success be your noise.
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.
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.
The work is the work. The work is not me.
I ask of cinema what most North Americans ask of psychedelic drugs.
Singing provides a true sense of lightheartedness. If I sing when I am alone, I feel wonderful. It's freedom.
When something in art or music piques my interest, I tend to go check it out, and most things I check out, I'm not very good at. But a few things I've gone to check out have given me back as much love as I gave them, usually much more.
From the point of view of art, the butcher and the victim are equal as people. You need to see the people.
I don't sing operatically, and I sing very intimately, but I still do the scales, and I think in terms of intonation and making sure that I'm hitting the notes right on the head... and having it appear quite effortless.
I have made a silent compact with myself not to change a line of what I write. I am not interested in perfecting my thoughts, nor my actions.
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