Top 175 Quotes & Sayings by Theophilus London - Page 2
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Trinidadian musician Theophilus London.
Last updated on November 24, 2024.
My mind moves very fast. I go through a lot of moods and emotions.
We're a fast-moving, needy species.
Some people thought Theophilus was a fake name. Whatever.
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.
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 admire traveling; I appreciate it a lot.
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.
I take references from the past and flip them.
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?
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 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'm a big fan of pop music - I think Marvin Gaye was pop music; things like that.
I don't want no mail. Send me a Facebook message.
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!
Gold looks good on my skin, and gold looks good on black people, I think.
I didn't grow up drawing runway models and deciding what they should wear.
I love N.Y.C.! I can't think of any individual that hates New York.
Just because 50,000 people on the Internet know me, I'm not patting myself on the back at the end of the night.
Thirty-five percent of all my dates were at the movies from 2013 to 2014.
A lot of young kids like myself use Instagram because it has swag - it's more personal, and your friends generate it.
I don't have a license, but I do drive.
I always imagined how cool it would be to be the face of a Gap campaign!
Punk music is rebellious.
I might want to open a hotel and design all the rooms. Or maybe a museum that lets me curate all the events.
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.
I am international. When I put out my second mixtape, we did four tours and a tour overseas.
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.
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.
In high school, I always dressed to impress the girls.
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.
If you show you're human and have something to say, people will connect with you.
I never go black tie. I never grew up wearing ties or bow ties or anything.
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 focus a lot on my voice because I want it to be an instrument as well. I want my voice to add color.
I can't really change for a climate. I've got to be Theophilus London in any weather.
I'm not a beach person.
I think it's more interesting to play a place where no one really knows you, but I think touring is also great.
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.
To me, my brand is luxury, it's art, it's women, it's raw, it's urban.
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.
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.
The Gap has always been an iconic, go-to brand that reminds me of my childhood.
Believe in yourself and believe in magic.
I don't want to be easily defined.
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'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.
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.
I went to school for marketing for one year before I dropped out of college to make music.
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.
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 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.
The Internet is a very powerful tool; unfortunately it's starting to get a little saturated.
I'm not really good at skiing or snowboarding, or swimming, per se.
I like to wear a lot of one-tone color outfits - same color trousers, same color shirt.
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'm kind of brandless. I don't like big logos or whatever.
A lot of my favorite artists are fashion icons.
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.
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.
Twitter is essential to me because I wake up and check it religiously. It's a way I communicate with my fan base.
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