“If you see a river running smoothly, it's because someone has drowned in it, and if it's raging, it means that it's still got bloodlust.” IfsMeanStillsRunningRiversRageBloodlust Author:Florence Welch
“The stage is the place I feel comfortable - it's almost as if real life is where I feel most nervous. Conversations are a lot more nerve-wracking.” IfsFeelsRealLife IsStageConversationComfortableReal LifeNervousNerves 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
“The aesthetic came along the way, I think - just through experimenting, and going on tour, and trying stuff out on stage, having fun with it, and not taking it too seriously. If I had a ballgown at home, I'd wear it onstage. If I found something in a charity shop, I'd wear it. That's where it grew from - just wanting to play dress-up.” IfsThinkingWayTryingPlayHomeFoundFunStuffStageGrewDressesCharityHaving FunShopsAesthetic Author:Florence Welch
“Hands up if you’re ready to do something you’ll regret this weekend. Go forth! You have my blessing.” IfsHandsFunnyFunReadyRegretBlessingHaving FunWeekendSinger SongwritersRock MusicHands UpMy BlessingHands In The Air Author:Florence Welch
“I want my music to sound like throwing yourself out of a tree, or off a tall building, or as if you’re being sucked down into the ocean and you can’t breathe… It’s something overwhelming and all-encompassing that fills you up, and you’re either going to explode with it, or you’re just going to disappear.” IfsWantSoundTreeBuildingOceanBreatheDisappearTallOverwhelmingThrowingTall Buildings Author:Florence Welch
“I love performing outside because it's as if the heavens are open and the elements become part of the stage show as well - you know, the wind and the rain and the thunder. It's almost as if there's a sense of invocation in performance.” IfsKnowsWellsShowsHeavenStageWindElementsRainPerformancesPerformingThunderInvocation Author:Florence Welch
“If you asked me to go back to being 14 or 15, I couldn't - it was a terrifying time. I was so awkward in my own skin. I used to hide behind my hair because I was so ridiculously self-conscious.” IfsSelfUsedMy OwnBehindsHairConsciousSkinsAwkwardSelf Conscious 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
“Look, if Givenchy is going to lend you a dress, I'm not going to turn it down. I would wear that dress to just go out and buy a pint of milk if they would lend it to me.” IfsLooksTurnsDressesMilkPintsGivenchy Author:Florence Welch
“If you do something with your whole heart and it's a mistake, you can live with that.” IfsHeartWholeMistake Author:Florence Welch
