“I feel things in quite an intense way. I'm not actually the most intense person.” WayFeelsPersonsIntense Author:Florence Welch
“I've learned not to hide behind a veil of irony - to talk about my work in a more honest way.” WayBehindsHonestIronyI've LearnedVeils Author:Florence Welch
“I'm pretty obsessed with Stevie Nicks from her style to her voice. I like watching her on YouTube and her old performances, the way she moves and everything.” WayMovingVoiceStylePerformancesObsessedYoutube Author:Florence Welch
“Bono told me how to dance in high heels and he also told me about U2's Glastonbury performance and how everything that could have possibly gone wrong went wrong, including him ripping his trousers on stage. I think he was lunging and his trousers ripped! He was telling me how he had to find a new way of performing that didn't involve moving.” ThinkingWayMovingGoneStagePerformancesIncludingPerformingHeelsNew WaysRippedHigh HeelsTrousersGlastonbury Author:Florence Welch
“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.” WayMomentsSongExpressionPerformancesBest WayThat MomentPauses Author:Florence Welch
“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.” WayArtWantedGirlFeltDealsGoneRecordsHappenedFrontsStudentsMagazinesHypeThis GirlArt Students Author:Florence Welch
“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.” ThinkingWayWritingPlayBigsSongMy OwnGuitarGladTypicalCrescendo 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
“'Spectrum' is in part a disco song. But we play it hard, and it's a real euphoric, wailing tune. It's kind of like a total house anthem, in a way, but it seems to be going down really well. We've got all the grunge kids going mad for disco house raves.” WayWellsKindRealHardPlaySeemsKidsSongHouseMadTunesSpectrumAnthemDiscoWailingRaveGrungeEuphoricSinging The National Anthem 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
“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
“Maybe in music you're making an auditory environment and maybe you change your environment around you to suit your own way.” WayEnvironmentSuitsOur EnvironmentAuditory Author:Florence Welch
