“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 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.” PeopleThinkingShouldSongFallStageBiggerMadWanderHelloPersonaWandering AroundSaying HelloAuntie Author:Florence Welch
“Going to parties usually makes me feel depressed, just because I have such social fear after meeting people.” PeopleFeelsSocialPartyMeetings Author:Florence Welch
“I think an encore is perfectly acceptable, but I find it so weird when people do two or three.” PeopleThinkingTwoThreeAcceptableEncores Author:Florence Welch
“It's very flattering when you look into the crowd and people have made an effort and dressed in your style.” PeopleLooksMadeEffortStyleCrowdsFlattering Author:Florence Welch
“Growing up, I always wanted to be in punk bands, so I'm really enjoying the harder, heavier element. It's always been my dream to have people moshing at my gig, kind of that really feral element of the music coming out more. I love crowd-surfing.” PeopleKindDreamWantedEnjoyGrowing UpGrowingBandElementsHarderCrowdsComing OutPunkSurfingGigs Author:Florence Welch
“I'm one of those people that is up for most things. When I was offered to sing at the Oscars I was like, 'Yeah, I want to know what that's like!' I'm always curious to know what things are like - as long as you're not compromising who you are.” PeopleKnowsWantLongYeahWho You AreCompromiseCuriousOscars Author:Florence Welch
“I've been having this really weird anxiety dream about arriving too late or too early, and the people in charge are like, 'You have to leave! You have to go back to the hotel and get ready!' And I use the wrong exit, and I'm running down the red carpet in pyjamas, like, 'No! Don't look at me!'” PeopleLooksUseDreamRunningReadyLike YouAnxietyLateRedToo LateHotelLook At MeCarpetExitArrivingRed CarpetReally Weird 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
“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
“It’s good to be vulnerable in amongst the grandeur; you shouldn’t lose that sense of intimacy and vulnerability with people.” PeopleLosesVulnerableIntimacyVulnerabilityGrandeur 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 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
“What I really like seeing from the stage is people having their own moments, when people are doing some performance of their own.” PeopleMomentsSeeingStagePerformances Author:Florence Welch
“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.” PeopleWantLyingDown AndCaughtBuried Author:Florence Welch
“You know, people always ask, 'What are you like offstage?' And I always say, 'Well, I'm completely normal and mellow.'” PeopleKnowsWellsAsksNormalMellow Author:Florence Welch
