“Where's my heart at? Aw. Um, in my chest. I think it's in there - on the right hand side. Sometimes it's in my mouth and sometimes I can feel it in my stomach, when I get really nervous. So it's pretty physical.” ThinkingFeelsHeartI CanSometimesHandsSidesMy HeartMouthsNervousChestsStomachGet Real Author:Florence Welch
“I think "waste of your brain" is something that my mother would say to me occasionally - I think it's usually when I'm telling her something like that I can remember every outfit I've ever worn.” ThinkingI CanRememberMotherBrainWasteWorn Author:Florence Welch
“I can't just have one painting - I need to cover the wall in paintings. It's the same with my music. I want to mix everything together to create more.” WantNeedsI CanTogetherPaintingWall Author:Florence Welch
“I'm a light sleeper. I've never been one of those people who can put their head down and suddenly everything disappears. Nighttime is the time I get most scared, anxious or worried. In those darker moments before waking or sleeping is when I feel most, I don't know, I can turn on myself, and my imagination can take me dark places.” PeopleKnowsFeelsI CanMomentsLightTurnsImaginationDarkSleepDown AndScaredDisappearWorriedTake MeWakingAnxiousMy ImaginationTurn-onDark PlacesNighttimeSleepers Author:Florence Welch
“I can't ever seem to shake the feeling that when things are really good it essentially means that things are going to go really bad. When I feel calm and settled, there is always an underlying feeling of impending doom... I don't think that it's healthy.” ThinkingFeelsMeanI CanFeelingsSeemsHealthyCalmShakesDoom Author:Florence Welch
“I can't wait to get on stage, because there you don't worry about whether you'll ever get married because your life is insane, or whether you'll ever have another boyfriend again, you don't worry about the typical boundaries of how your life has to be.” I CanLife IsWaitingWorryStageMarriedBoundariesInsaneTypical Author:Florence Welch
“When I am with my family, then I can just sort of switch off. It's kind of weird, because I go back and I go into this bedroom that I have had since I was a teenager. It is like this parallel universe, because one minute I am on the red carpet and then the next I am hiding out in this room I have had since I was 15.” KindI CanUniverseNextRoomsMinutesRedMy FamilyTeenagerHidingBedroomCarpetParallelsRed CarpetOne MinuteParallel UniverseHiding Out Author:Florence Welch
“I can’t worry too much about the everyday things. Otherwise I’d lose touch with my own world, that helps me as an artist, but it’s frustrating for the people around me. I’m vaguely functional, but there’s always something slightly off.” PeopleWorldI CanHelpingArtistLosesMy OwnWorryToo MuchEverydayHelp MeFrustratingMy Own WorldEveryday Things Author:Florence Welch
“The music is so euphoric,as a way of battling the words. It’s like an exorcism, beating it out with drums, shake this demon out, it’s so visceral because the melancholy has to be drummed out. I can’t let it sit inside me.” WayI CanMusic IsDemonShakesMelancholyVisceralExorcismEuphoric Author:Florence Welch
“Excitable, easily distracted, sometimes vacant, prone to gloominess and also extreme euphoria; I can’t be generous with time, but I try to be generous with affection. I’m really lucky to be able to be in some of these situations and it feels really nice to be able to take people along with me for the ride. Oh, and I’m a pain in the ass as well.” PeopleFeelsTryingWellsI CanSometimesAblePainSituationNiceLuckyAffectionExtremesAssGenerousDistractedReally NiceEuphoriaVacant Author:Florence Welch
“The stage is a place where I can be wholly myself. Even though you're in front of people almost to be judged, it is a place without judgement.” PeopleI CanStageFrontsJudgementJudged Author:Florence Welch
“I've always been a bit of a decorator. I think if I wasn't a singer I'd probably be in stage setting or interior design or something. I like clutter and I'm quite visually greedy. I can't have things to be plain; I have to have things looking interesting maybe I'm just a frustrated interior designer stuck in a singing career.” IfsThinkingI CanBitsInterestingCareersStageDesignSingingSingersStuckSettingSettingsDesignerFrustratedInteriorsGreedyClutterInterior DesignDecoratorsInterior DesignerSinging Career Author:Florence Welch
