Theophilus London quotes
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“Believe in yourself and believe in magic.”
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“I went to school for marketing for one year before I dropped out of college to make music.”
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“I want to produce the best popular music I can.”
-- Theophilus LondonSource : "Theophilus London, Hip-Hop’s Newest Name (and What a Name!)". Interview with Michael Pollock, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 5, 2011.
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“Ive 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.”
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“I need to travel, of course, with my laptop, so I can do my business on the road.”
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“I like vintage shopping, but I also like to mix in high-end.”
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“I might want to open a hotel and design all the rooms. Or maybe a museum that lets me curate all the events.”
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“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.”
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“I wanted to only collab with women for Lovers Holiday.”
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“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.”
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“Some people thought Theophilus was a fake name. Whatever.”
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“I love N.Y.C.! I cant think of any individual that hates New York.”
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“I admire traveling; I appreciate it a lot.”
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“I love an art-school girl. I mean dont we all?”
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“I like to wear a lot of one-tone color outfits - same color trousers, same color shirt.”
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“I am international. When I put out my second mixtape, we did four tours and a tour overseas.”
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“I find it soothing, the thought of a movie theater.”
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“Im gonna walk super, super slow to when I turn 40 or something. To me, walking and floating slow represents how wealthy you are!”
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“I always imagined how cool it would be to be the face of a Gap campaign!”
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“Im a big fan of pop music - I think Marvin Gaye was pop music; things like that.”
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“I always tell myself, When Im working on my record, I wont cut my hair. I get so focused on the music that Im not really going to the hair shop and getting cut up. I just have one thing to focus on.”
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“I collect a lot of clothes when I travel around the world.”
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“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.”
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“The first time I really listened to an album and thought, This album is mine, was Kanyes Late Registration.”
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“You gotta learn your body, how clothes fit on you.”
-- Theophilus LondonSource : Interview with James Gaddy, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 16, 2011.
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“You should treat your body like a canvas.”
-- Theophilus LondonSource : Interview with Sowmya Krishnamurthy, www.askmen.com.
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“Ive 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.”
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“Ill buy an old jacket and attach gold buttons and a couple royal patches. Or Ill find an old busted sweatshirt, tear out the zipper, and replace it with a $700 zipper. I make things my own.”
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“What I sell is the higher knowledge of knowing whats next and not following the trend of whats now.”
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“Thirty-five percent of all my dates were at the movies from 2013 to 2014.”
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“When youre 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.”
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“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. Cant complain; the food is great.”
-- Theophilus LondonSource : "SXSW: Why Theophilus London Listens to Himself Singing in the Shower on His iPod". Interview with Lauren Levinson, www.elle.com. March 16, 2013.
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“When I was younger, I wasnt thinking about fit. Clothes are measured just for me now. I know thats not what the average person does, but Ive gotten smart about what fits my body the right way and what makes me feel comfortable.”
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“Im 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?”
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“The Gap has always been an iconic, go-to brand that reminds me of my childhood.”
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“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.”
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“My favorite brand I have ever artistically collaborated, entertained, and supported over the years is the huge house that Coco Chanel built: Chanel.”
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“Shout-out to my dad - he influenced my style when I was 17.”
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“It leaves a good legacy to have five records.”
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“Mixtapes are very personal, and they describe who you are better than an album sometimes.”
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“I like to go to the airport looking stylish - you never know who youll run into. Sometimes I have fans at the airports. I never want to be bummy looking.”
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“The second album is the hardest to write. Its nothing like the first album.”
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“Image plays a huge part in my music and in my lifestyle.”
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“The most time I spent home in 2009 was about a month.”
-- Theophilus LondonSource : "Complex MP3 Premiere: Theophilus London "Oops" (+ Bonus Interview)". Complex Interview, www.complex.com. April 16, 2010.
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“When youre a kid, youre only exposed to whats going on in your mind. The mind is like a bigger-than-outer-space type of thing.”
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“New York feels vibrant It feels electric to walk the streets at night.”
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“A lot of my friends inspire my style, and they dont even know it.”
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“A lot of my favorite artists are fashion icons.”
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“Some people have style without even knowing it!”
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“Gold looks good on my skin, and gold looks good on black people, I think.”
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“I think its more interesting to play a place where no one really knows you, but I think touring is also great.”
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“I believe your atmosphere and your surroundings create a mind state for you.”
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“I remember in the fifth grade my dad would take me to Manhattan to shop for clothes.”
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“I focus a lot on my voice because I want it to be an instrument as well. I want my voice to add color.”
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“My mind moves very fast. I go through a lot of moods and emotions.”
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“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 its worth going! I have a secret movie critic blog I have shown no one or promoted, and I intend to keep it that way.”
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“I like to keep a uniform - wear a blazer, try to keep the same colour pants; very tailored, very fitted but still edgy.”
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“I dont have a license, but I do drive.”
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“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.”
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“Shopping at any level is a bit of therapy for my medulla oblongata.”
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“I listen to a lot of really old western and country music. Theres a lot of cool stuff in there all the heartbreak of the country darkness.”
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“I like Jeremy Scott, and he has some really dope sneakers.”
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“A lot of young kids like myself use Instagram because it has swag - its more personal, and your friends generate it.”
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“I love to hear a cool ambient sound at runway shows. It creates a good energy.”
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“I wore my same look for six years. My hat and glasses - people recognize me now.”
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“I like connecting with people through technology.”
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“Do not fear the digital world, it will not kill us all.”
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“Karl Lagerfeld is the hardest-working man in showbiz!”
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“I'm not really good at skiing or snowboarding, or swimming, per se.”
-- Theophilus LondonSource : "Theophilus London Doesn’t Have a Driver’s License, But He Drives Around Anyway". Interview with Bennett Marcus, www.vanityfair.com. February 12, 2013.
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“In high school, I always dressed to impress the girls.”
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“As snap-backs became more popular, I started to search and expand my hat game.”
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“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.”
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“I didnt grow up drawing runway models and deciding what they should wear.”
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“I feel I have so much more to deliver than music.”
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“I am more into guys fashion, but Im inspired by womens fashion in a weird way.”
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“I dont want no mail. Send me a Facebook message.”
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“I love fashion week. It has great energy and vibe.”
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“I take references from the past and flip them.”
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“I never go black tie. I never grew up wearing ties or bow ties or anything.”
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“I started getting emails from Anna Wintour inviting me to her dinners. It was just surreal.”
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“Billie Jean was a negative dance song, and that was one of the best dance songs ever.”
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“Dressing up, for me, is looking like an idiot.”
-- Theophilus LondonSource : Interview with James Gaddy, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 16, 2011.
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“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!”
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“After Andy Warhol died, it left a dark cloud over N.Y.C. nightlife.”
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“Go to American Apparel; they have all of the colors of socks.”
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“Brooklyn for twenty years, Ive learned that there is always someone better than you at what you do.”
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“The Internet is a very powerful tool; unfortunately its starting to get a little saturated.”
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“Growing up as a city kid is a joyous time!”
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“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.”
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“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!”
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“I connect to SpongeBob in a way; like, thats the homie. He can chill on the corner with me.”
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“While my cousins were gang-banging, I was trying to learn what the Internet was about.”
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