Theophilus London quotes:

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.

I collect different game hats, like Syracuse Women's Volleyball; I have a Navy Basketball hat. They're all vintage but in new condition.

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.

I remember in the fifth grade my dad would take me to Manhattan to shop for clothes.

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.

I love fashion week. It has great energy and vibe.

What I sell is the higher knowledge of knowing what's next and not following the trend of what's now.

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.

I love to hear a cool ambient sound at runway shows. It creates a good energy.

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.

New York feels vibrant... It feels electric to walk the streets at night.

I need to travel, of course, with my laptop, so I can do my business on the road.

I hate writing texts to girlfriends because you can't really see emotions in texts. You can get confused on what she says.

I can't really change for a climate. I've got to be Theophilus London in any weather.

I love N.Y.C.! I can't think of any individual that hates New York.

Shopping at any level is a bit of therapy for my medulla oblongata.

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?

Image plays a huge part in my music and in my lifestyle.

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.

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.

A lot of my favorite artists are fashion icons.

Growing up as a city kid is a joyous time!

Gold looks good on my skin, and gold looks good on black people, I think.

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.

I like vintage shopping, but I also like to mix in high-end.

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.

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.

I might want to open a hotel and design all the rooms. Or maybe a museum that lets me curate all the events.

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.

I want to produce the best popular music I can.

I don't want no mail. Send me a Facebook message.

Karl Lagerfeld is the hardest-working man in showbiz!

Believe in yourself and believe in magic.

I wore my same look for six years. My hat and glasses - people recognize me now.

Some people have style without even knowing it!

I never go black tie. I never grew up wearing ties or bow ties or anything.

It's not only about the rap lyric. Today, people are buying you as a person.

Some people thought Theophilus was a fake name. Whatever.

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.

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.

I believe your atmosphere and your surroundings create a mind state for you.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

In high school, I always dressed to impress the girls.

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.

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!

Dressing up, for me, is looking like an idiot.

Just because 50,000 people on the Internet know me, I'm not patting myself on the back at the end of the night.

I am more into guys' fashion, but I'm inspired by women's fashion in a weird way.

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.

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?

Brooklyn for twenty years, Ive learned that there is always someone better than you at what you do.

Im a big fan of pop music - I think Marvin Gaye was pop music; things like that.

I am international. When I put out my second mixtape, we did four tours and a tour overseas.

Mixtapes are very personal, and they describe who you are better than an album sometimes.

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.

After Andy Warhol died, it left a dark cloud over N.Y.C. nightlife.

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.

The first time I really listened to an album and thought, This album is mine, was Kanyes Late Registration.

I admire natural, untouched beauty.

Thirty-five percent of all my dates were at the movies from 2013 to 2014.

I'm not really good at skiing or snowboarding, or swimming, per se.

Shout-out to my dad - he influenced my style when I was 17.

The first time I really listened to an album and thought, 'This album is mine,' was Kanye's 'Late Registration.'

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.

The Internet is a very powerful tool; unfortunately it's starting to get a little saturated.

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.

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!

Go to American Apparel; they have all of the colors of socks.

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.

I like to keep a uniform - wear a blazer, try to keep the same colour pants; very tailored, very fitted but still edgy.

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.

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.

I connect to SpongeBob in a way; like, that's the homie. He can chill on the corner with me.

My favorite brand I have ever artistically collaborated, entertained, and supported over the years is the huge house that Coco Chanel built: Chanel.

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.

I like Jeremy Scott, and he has some really dope sneakers.

Creating the album 'VIBES' has been the biggest life lesson I have ever learned.

I'm kind of brandless. I don't like big logos or whatever.

I want to wear something that's not perfectly matching; there has to be something unorthodox about it. I want to create this mystery.

I understand demographics.

I'm trying to fuse popular and commercial music and just make very creative music. It's popular music: it's everything for everybody.

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.

I always imagined how cool it would be to be the face of a Gap campaign!

I started getting emails from Anna Wintour inviting me to her dinners. It was just surreal.

We're a fast-moving, needy species.

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.

I don't have a license, but I do drive.

A lot of my friends inspire my style, and they dont even know it.

A lot of young kids like myself use Instagram because it has swag - its more personal, and your friends generate it.

As snap-backs became more popular, I started to search and expand my hat game.

Billie Jean was a negative dance song, and that was one of the best dance songs ever.

Dior jeans are one of my favorites.

Do not fear the digital world, it will not kill us all.

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.

I admire traveling; I appreciate it a lot.

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.

I am more into guys fashion, but Im inspired by womens fashion in a weird way.

I can't wait until I touch the stage, I'm going to catch the spirit and lose my mind.

I collect a lot of clothes when I travel around the world.

I connect to SpongeBob in a way; like, thats the homie. He can chill on the corner with me.

I didnt grow up drawing runway models and deciding what they should wear.

I dont have a license, but I do drive.

I dont want no mail. Send me a Facebook message.

I dont want to be easily defined.

I feel I have so much more to deliver than music.

I find it soothing, the thought of a movie theater.

I focus a lot on my voice because I want it to be an instrument as well. I want my voice to add color.

I keep a creative group around me.

I like connecting with people through technology.

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.

I like to wear a lot of one-tone color outfits - same color trousers, same color shirt.

I love an art-school girl. I mean dont we all?

I love N.Y.C.! I cant think of any individual that hates New York.