REX ORANGE COUNTY

I love things that are really linear and perfect and simple.

I feel like collaborating is something I need to try more of.

I don't think I'd call myself a rapper.

I won't be the kind of artist speaking in riddles all the time - it will be lyrics that make sense the moment I say them.

I'm not very good at a lot of things that aren't music. This is the only thing that I love doing, so, like, why wouldn't I make this my whole life?

I think 'Apricot Princess' actually came out before 'Flower Boy.'

The moment you start thinking about what other people and other artists think, you're going to start writing like other people.

I grew up in a small village on the border of Hampshire and Surrey. When people ask, I tend to say that I'm from Haslemere.

School did stress me out, like it does for a lot of young people. I didn't like having to do work that I didn't care about.

The first Nardwuar video I watched was, funnily enough, the first Odd Future one.

Some people can work on the road, and that's incredibly impressive... maybe I'm not working myself hard enough.

People have cried at a couple of shows. To think that someone could do that for me... Jesus Christ. That's a crazy sign.

I just want to tell people how I am.

I think there's no limit to ambition, and if you want something, you can make anything happen, so go for it.

I've never been uncomfortable sharing stuff. It's almost the opposite. I'll say the most blunt, brutally honest thing about any situation.

I want nice songs. I don't want to worry about where I have to place songs on a playlist. I'm looking to make genuine, great songs and put them together into albums.

I'm usually just writing lyrics alone in my room, but I'm happy to be producing and writing chords anywhere.

I want to make myself better and get working with some of my biggest influences and make the best music I can.

I'm afraid of peacocks.

Alex Tumay is a recording engineer who works a lot with Young Thug and a load of other rappers, like Quavo. I'm just a fan of his work.

A lot of music influences me in other ways than this, but I've always taken a lot of influence from Stevie Wonder, Frank Ocean, and Jeff Rosenstock for the Rex music. They were also the first three artists that released albums where I enjoyed every song.

I write songs, I play instruments, and I produce music that comes out for the world.

I'd rather go to school and do loads of music than anything else.

Anyone can put anything out at any point and make anything by themselves.

I wear my musical heart on my sleeve and show all my influences off. I'm happy for someone to point out that my song sounds like someone else's.