I am international. When I put out my second mixtape, we did four tours and a tour overseas. – 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
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
If you show you’re human and have something to say, people will connect with you. – 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
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
While my cousins were gang-banging, I was trying to learn what the Internet was about. – 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
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
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
I am more into guys’ fashion, but I’m inspired by women’s fashion in a weird way. – 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 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
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
A lot of young kids like myself use Instagram because it has swag – it’s more personal, and your friends generate it. – Theophilus London
The Internet is a very powerful tool; unfortunately it’s starting to get a little saturated. – 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
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
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
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
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
