Rex Orange County

Musician

39 Quotes

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

'Apricot Princess' is like an inside album. You can listen to the album and feel all of those emotions within one night.

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.

Really I've just gotta be making really great music that I love and not worrying too much about what other people are gonna think about it.

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

I just want to tell people how I am.

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

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

I like being at the front - it's where I'm meant to be.

I find myself without Internet a fair bit in the house I live in in Streatham.

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

I'm quite stubborn, and it's hard for me to let people in - whether that's literally, musically, or with business and work.

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

When I fifteen or sixteen and was in London, moving from a small town and now going to a big city, I discovered so much new music. Finding all of that music and being inspired that much all at once, that was the benefit of being from a small place.

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

As long as you're being yourself and putting out what you want to put out, it'll be the best thing you could do.

I took piano lessons and I wanted to play drums when I was six. Luckily enough, my parents let me have a drum kit in my room - which is kind of crazy.

The first person on the BBC that played me was Huw Stephens. I was sat around my laptop with my girlfriend and my family, and it was super-exciting. It felt weird, and it sounded weirder, but it was great.

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

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