I’ve learned not to hide behind a veil of irony – to talk about my work in a more honest way. Florence Welch Read Quote
I’d gone from being this art student messing about with music to this girl with a record deal, magazine front covers and all this hype. In many ways, it was everything I ever wanted, but when it happened all I felt was total, paralysing fear. Florence Welch Read Quote
During the songs, you transcend yourself. The best way to be in the performance is to be without pause and be essentially in the moment, in that moment of expression. Florence Welch Read Quote
I think I should get a bigger between-the-song persona, so then I’m not wandering around the stage like some mad old auntie that’s saying hello to people and falling over. Florence Welch Read Quote
When something really hits me, it makes me want to either jump off something really high or lie down and be buried. I want people to get hit and caught by my music. Florence Welch Read Quote
I am obsessed with the whole Victoriana thing, the whole Jack the Ripper London era, the grayness of it, the haunted feeling of it, all ancient and bloody. Florence Welch Read Quote
Touring, and being in a band, it’s almost like the other stuff, the other parts of life, get put on hold. Florence Welch Read Quote
I’d experimented with so many different types of music. I had these folky songs I’d written and recorded, but something wasn’t quite right. Florence Welch Read Quote
I’m quite glad I never learned to play the guitar, because I think I’d write songs that were more classically structured. As it is, I’ve had to create my own way of writing, which isn’t typical. Everything’s a big crescendo. Florence Welch Read Quote
