“Shopping at any level is a bit of therapy for my medulla oblongata.”
― Theophilus London
“Believe in yourself and believe in magic.”
― Theophilus London
“I believe your atmosphere and your surroundings create a mind state for you.”
― Theophilus London
“Creating the album ‘VIBES’ has been the biggest life lesson I have ever learned.”
― Theophilus London
“I find it soothing, the thought of a movie theater.”
― Theophilus London
“I’m kind of brandless. I don’t like big logos or whatever.”
― Theophilus London
“My mind moves very fast. I go through a lot of moods and emotions.”
― Theophilus London
“I’m not really good at skiing or snowboarding, or swimming, per se.”
― Theophilus London
“Becoming a walking, dancing, fire-breathing lifestyle dragon is not something you can pursue overnight! It takes years of studying, living, and understanding the modern culture!”
― Theophilus London
“I like to keep a uniform – wear a blazer, try to keep the same colour pants; very tailored, very fitted but still edgy.”
― Theophilus London
“I want to wear something that’s not perfectly matching; there has to be something unorthodox about it. I want to create this mystery.”
― Theophilus London
“I connect to SpongeBob in a way; like, that’s the homie. He can chill on the corner with me.”
― Theophilus London
“What I sell is the higher knowledge of knowing what’s next and not following the trend of what’s now.”
― Theophilus London
“I like to go to the airport looking stylish – you never know who you’ll run into. Sometimes I have fans at the airports. I never want to be bummy looking.”
― Theophilus London
“I like connecting with people through technology.”
― Theophilus London
“When I want to choose to work with someone, you know, I definitely have to do some research on their background and how they were raised as people.”
― Theophilus London
“When you’re a kid, you’re only exposed to what’s going on in your mind. The mind is like a bigger-than-outer-space type of thing.”
― Theophilus London
“Brands are in your face 24/7; I’m sure you’ve consumed a couple brands today. So it’s fun working with them. People recognize brands, and people are starting to recognize my brand.”
― Theophilus London
“We’re a fast-moving, needy species.”
― Theophilus London
“As snap-backs became more popular, I started to search and expand my hat game.”
― Theophilus London
“After Andy Warhol died, it left a dark cloud over N.Y.C. nightlife.”
― Theophilus London
“I like vintage shopping, but I also like to mix in high-end.”
― Theophilus London
“To wake up in the morning and just know what I’m going to wear, it helps me get out of the house faster.”
― Theophilus London
“I like to revamp things; like, I make to make things better in my eye, but I don’t put out own lines… I just collab with my favorite brands.”
― Theophilus London
“Shout-out to my dad – he influenced my style when I was 17.”
― Theophilus London
“I need to travel, of course, with my laptop, so I can do my business on the road.”
― Theophilus London
“To me, my style is comfortable.”
― Theophilus London
“I collect different game hats, like Syracuse Women’s Volleyball; I have a Navy Basketball hat. They’re all vintage but in new condition.”
― Theophilus London
“The second album is the hardest to write. It’s nothing like the first album.”
― Theophilus London
“I moved my studio to Palm Springs ’cause I don’t like the idea of going to a studio every day like a job… I need to make a personal record, so I need to be in a house… I don’t want to be in a studio where people can hear the music ’cause I don’t know what it is yet.”
― Theophilus London
“New York feels vibrant… It feels electric to walk the streets at night.”
― Theophilus London
“If I walk into a store, I’m going to buy the best jacket or the best item in the store, hands down.”
― Theophilus London
“You gotta learn your body, how clothes fit on you.”
― Theophilus London
“Dressing up, for me, is looking like an idiot.”
― Theophilus London
“I feel I have so much more to deliver than music.”
― Theophilus London
“It leaves a good legacy to have five records.”
― Theophilus London
“Image plays a huge part in my music and in my lifestyle.”
― Theophilus London
“It’s not only about the rap lyric. Today, people are buying you as a person.”
― Theophilus London
“I started getting emails from Anna Wintour inviting me to her dinners. It was just surreal.”
― Theophilus London
“I wore my same look for six years. My hat and glasses – people recognize me now.”
― Theophilus London
“There were times when I was just listening to albums for the hype of it. Some albums, I would just put it on in my car, and me and my friends would just drive, that we’d wild out to, get arrested to.”
― Theophilus London
“The first time I really listened to an album and thought, ‘This album is mine,’ was Kanye’s ‘Late Registration.’”
― Theophilus London
“I understand demographics.”
― Theophilus London
“I love fashion week. It has great energy and vibe.”
― Theophilus London
“I am more into guys’ fashion, but I’m inspired by women’s fashion in a weird way.”
― Theophilus London
“I love to hear a cool ambient sound at runway shows. It creates a good energy.”
― Theophilus London
“Mixtapes are very personal, and they describe who you are better than an album sometimes.”
― Theophilus London
“I hate writing texts to girlfriends because you can’t really see emotions in texts. You can get confused on what she says.”
― Theophilus London
“The Royal Family doesn’t go out shopping for their uniforms: they’ve got some guy sewing on all the ornaments in-house. You could say I’ve got my own in-house team as well.”
― Theophilus London
“I like Jeremy Scott, and he has some really dope sneakers.”
― Theophilus London
“Let’s see: I’m into a whole bunch of different people – Alexander Wang… that’s my dude.”
― Theophilus London
“The most time I spent home in 2009 was about a month.”
― Theophilus London
“I keep a creative group around me.”
― Theophilus London
“Hip-hop is like underground. I don’t know if hip-hop exists anymore. I don’t know if it does.”
― Theophilus London
“I started performing music about the age of 16. I lived in Brooklyn, New York, and this thing called the Flatbush Fair comes once a year. That was my first time on stage.”
― Theophilus London
“I want to produce the best popular music I can.”
― Theophilus London
“I’m trying to fuse popular and commercial music and just make very creative music. It’s popular music: it’s everything for everybody.”
― Theophilus London
“While my cousins were gang-banging, I was trying to learn what the Internet was about.”
― Theophilus London
“Europe were kind of the first ones to embrace my music; the kids from around the way would come out to my shows and really enjoy it.”
― Theophilus London
“You should treat your body like a canvas.”
― Theophilus London
“Go to American Apparel; they have all of the colors of socks.”
― Theophilus London
“I’m on the sockless and un-sockless teams. I’m on both sides.”
― Theophilus London
“I wanted to only collab with women for ‘Lovers Holiday.’”
― Theophilus London
“’Billie Jean’ was a negative dance song, and that was one of the best dance songs ever.”
― Theophilus London
“I love an art-school girl. I mean… don’t we all?”
― Theophilus London
“I collect a lot of clothes when I travel around the world.”
― Theophilus London
“I am international. When I put out my second mixtape, we did four tours and a tour overseas.”
― Theophilus London
“I admire traveling; I appreciate it a lot.”
― Theophilus London
“I don’t want to be easily defined.”
― Theophilus London
“DMX wasn’t checking what his fans were saying to him on Twitter or Facebook. Jay-Z is on a boat in Saint-Tropez. I’m hands-on. Girls write to me like I’m their diary. That’s a huge responsibility. I don’t take it for granted.”
― Theophilus London
“I might want to open a hotel and design all the rooms. Or maybe a museum that lets me curate all the events.”
― Theophilus London
“I’ll buy an old jacket and attach gold buttons and a couple royal patches. Or I’ll find an old busted sweatshirt, tear out the zipper, and replace it with a $700 zipper. I make things my own.”
― Theophilus London
“When you’re a new person and a new idea, you get invited to all these different things, and everybody wants a piece of you. And you want to be polite and say yes to everything, but it gets dangerous.”
― Theophilus London
“Punk music is rebellious.”
― Theophilus London
“I’m a big fan of pop music – I think Marvin Gaye was pop music; things like that.”
― Theophilus London
“I take references from the past and flip them.”
― Theophilus London
“Some people thought Theophilus was a fake name. Whatever.”
― Theophilus London
“A lot of my favorite artists are fashion icons.”
― Theophilus London
“A lot of young kids like myself use Instagram because it has swag – it’s more personal, and your friends generate it.”
― Theophilus London
“When I say ‘rare,’ it’s my own term. It’s like you’re doing something with a photo that is dominant that no one has ever seen before. #Rare means that it can only be seen here. It’s just a rare moment that I’m sharing with the world.”
― Theophilus London
“In high school, I always dressed to impress the girls.”
― Theophilus London
“Brooklyn, where I grew up, is a competitive burg – there’s always a pretty boy around the corner there, and you gotta look better than him.”
― Theophilus London
“I didn’t grow up drawing runway models and deciding what they should wear.”
― Theophilus London
“I can pull off anything; I have the height and the attitude. The only thing I can’t wear is a leotard, but I can wear anything else.”
― Theophilus London
“If you show you’re human and have something to say, people will connect with you.”
― Theophilus London
“I’ve made sure to always update my web properties constantly – Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, my Hypebeast blog… making sure I divided content across all of them to keep each outlet fresh to keep people coming back.”
― Theophilus London
“People are always looking at their phones and computer. It’s the first place people turn in the morning and where everyone’s keeping in touch and getting their news.”
― Theophilus London
“I never go black tie. I never grew up wearing ties or bow ties or anything.”
― Theophilus London
“I can’t really change for a climate. I’ve got to be Theophilus London in any weather.”
― Theophilus London
“I like to wear a lot of one-tone color outfits – same color trousers, same color shirt.”
― Theophilus London
“I focus a lot on my voice because I want it to be an instrument as well. I want my voice to add color.”
― Theophilus London
“I always tell myself, ‘When I’m working on my record, I won’t cut my hair.’ I get so focused on the music that I’m not really going to the hair shop and getting cut up. I just have one thing to focus on.”
― Theophilus London
“I’m not on a record like some rapper trying to boast about my clothes or where I’m from. I’m creating stories, experiences, the way places make me feel, the way a person makes me feel.”
― Theophilus London
“I’ve got to get my real skills up; like, I got to get my skills up, ’cause in case of a crazy catastrophe, I might have to learn how to swim.”
― Theophilus London
“I don’t have a license, but I do drive.”
― Theophilus London
“I listen to a lot of really old western and country music. There’s a lot of cool stuff in there… all the heartbreak of the country darkness.”
― Theophilus London
“I think it’s more interesting to play a place where no one really knows you, but I think touring is also great.”
― Theophilus London
“I went to Brazil in 2010 and pretty much did songs about that trip. I was there just to hang out, chill with the people, and feel the vibe. It was great – tons of great women, great skin, good beaches. Can’t complain; the food is great.”
― Theophilus London
“Whatever I receive from a higher power gets me pumped, which gets the crowd pumped, which gets me more pumped, and then we’re just pumped up.”
― Theophilus London
“Your voice is like a very serious instrument that you have to tame if you want to be an amazing singer – Marvin Gaye or Michael Jackson.”
― Theophilus London
“The Internet is a very powerful tool; unfortunately it’s starting to get a little saturated.”
― Theophilus London
“I don’t want no mail. Send me a Facebook message.”
― Theophilus London
“I love N.Y.C.! I can’t think of any individual that hates New York.”
― Theophilus London
“I’m listening to early Cash Money, I’m listening to Juvenile, I’m listening to Waka Flocka, I’m listening to Lil B, I’m listening to Brandy, Kanye – that’s my home playlist.”
― Theophilus London
“I went to school for marketing for one year before I dropped out of college to make music.”
― Theophilus London
“Just because 50,000 people on the Internet know me, I’m not patting myself on the back at the end of the night.”
― Theophilus London
“I want to change the color of Starbucks from green to red. Whose job was it to say, ‘This is going to be green?’ I want that to be my job.”
― Theophilus London
“I’m a big fan of Caribbean food, Spanish food, Dominican food – like rice and beans. Hot sauce just adds a different layer of boom to the food, you feel me?”
― Theophilus London
“Gold looks good on my skin, and gold looks good on black people, I think.”
― Theophilus London
“Twitter is essential to me because I wake up and check it religiously. It’s a way I communicate with my fan base.”
― Theophilus London
“To me, my brand is luxury, it’s art, it’s women, it’s raw, it’s urban.”
― Theophilus London
“I have a few friends that have inspired me since I was a young kid. When I watch old films or modern movies – particularly ‘Gladiator,’ ‘New Jack City’ and ‘The Skin I Live In’ – I’ll also get ideas.”
― Theophilus London
“I have a personal barber, Mister C. He lives in Brooklyn, but he travels with me. He used to cut Lady Gaga’s hair, but he fired her to work for me.”
― Theophilus London
“When I was younger, I wasn’t thinking about fit. Clothes are measured just for me now. I know that’s not what the average person does, but I’ve gotten smart about what fits my body the right way and what makes me feel comfortable.”
― Theophilus London
“I own over ninety-five different hats and, over the years, have lost or given away 120 hats. You gain to lose… you lose to gain.”
― Theophilus London
“I went to Texas a few times for gigs and adopted the cowboy look. Every man, at some point in his life, goes through a cowboy stage – everyone! Well, at least everyone that I look up to!”
― Theophilus London
“On my early trips to London and Paris, in 2009, I started to shift to more wide-brimmed felt hats similar to Borsalinos and Stetsons.”
― Theophilus London
“I’m not a beach person.”
― Theophilus London
“Thirty-five percent of all my dates were at the movies from 2013 to 2014.”
― Theophilus London
“I love to see the rarest movies, the most talked-about movies and documentaries. I read all the reviews and compare them to see if it’s worth going! I have a secret movie critic blog I have shown no one or promoted, and I intend to keep it that way.”
― Theophilus London
“The Gap has always been an iconic, go-to brand that reminds me of my childhood.”
― Theophilus London
“I always imagined how cool it would be to be the face of a Gap campaign!”
― Theophilus London
“I remember in the fifth grade my dad would take me to Manhattan to shop for clothes.”
― Theophilus London
“Colby Jordan is one of the most fashion-forward and passionate girls I know. She gives me these young Anna Wintour vibes when I’m around her!”
― Theophilus London
“Growing up as a city kid is a joyous time!”
― Theophilus London
“Brooklyn for twenty years, I’ve learned that there is always someone better than you at what you do.”
― Theophilus London
“I admire natural, untouched beauty.”
― Theophilus London
“A lot of my friends inspire my style, and they don’t even know it.”
― Theophilus London
“Some people have style without even knowing it!”
― Theophilus London
“Style is a form of expression! It’s what makes your character your character, to put it in laymen’s term.”
― Theophilus London
“My favorite brand I have ever artistically collaborated, entertained, and supported over the years is the huge house that Coco Chanel built: Chanel.”
― Theophilus London
“Karl Lagerfeld is the hardest-working man in showbiz!”
― Theophilus London
“I’m gonna walk super, super slow to when I turn 40 or something. To me, walking and floating slow represents how wealthy you are!”
― Theophilus London
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