“I got to live out my 11-year-old fantasies - I got to go on stage with Green Day. Billie Joe called my name from the stage. 'Dookie' was the first album I ever bought. I covered the whole of 'Nimrod' and he'd heard it. That was like the 11-year-old girl dreamed.” YearsFirstsWholeGirlNamesFantasyHeardStageGoes OnGreenAlbumsCovered Author:Florence Welch
“I'm really careful with what the music gets put with, and we say no to so much stuff, loads of it, for things that might quadruple the sales of my album. But if it doesn't fit then it doesn't fit, you know?” IfsKnowsMightStuffFitAlbumsCarefulLoad Author:Florence Welch
“I've spent a lot of time in tiny venues in the way that I got my record deal and got my name out there just performing live. I was literally performing my songs in all kinds of different ways with different guitarists, and I didn't have an album up online or anything. It's been a lot of work; it definitely hasn't been a sudden explosion into fame.” WayKindDifferentSongNamesDealsRecordsFameAlbumsTinyAll KindsPerformingDifferent WaysOnlineWorking ItExplosionsGuitaristVenuesPerforming Live Author:Florence Welch
“The first album, for better or for worse, was done over from the ages of 17-22, with a couple of different producers. Some of it was recorded in an old swimming pool, some of it was recorded in a synagogue - it kind of was all over the place.” FirstsKindDifferentDoneAgeCoupleAlbumsProducersSwimmingPoolSwimming PoolSynagogue Author:Florence Welch
“When I first started, especially because I got the Critics' Choice before I'd released an album, there was a lot of scrutiny on what my character was, what my background was, what colour my hair was. I fought quite hard for the music to overtake the personality aspect.” FirstsHardCharacterChoicesHairPersonalityAspectCriticsAlbumsBackgroundsColourScrutiny Author:Florence Welch
“A lot of the songs on the new album are about imaginary things, things that you can't touch - ghosts and rumors, my dead grandmother, things visiting you in a dream.” DreamSongAlbumsGhostGrandmotherImaginaryRumorVisitingImaginary Things Author:Florence Welch
“I didn't want to become a personality, I wanted to be a musician, but because I didn't have an album to stand by yet it was hard for people to see that. But now, two albums in, I'm happy with things.” PeopleWantTwoHardWantedPersonalityMusicianAlbums Author:Florence Welch
