“On stage, you can use your emotions. It's the place where you can channel them. They have a purpose.” Quote by Florence Welch
“Touring, and being in a band, it's almost like the other stuff, the other parts of life, get put on hold.” StuffBandTouringParts Of Life 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'm completely in love with the world but also terrified of it. It creates some overwhelming feelings. Wanting to battle out that joy and fear is part of my music.” WorldFeelingsJoyBattleOverwhelmingTerrified 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
“My room is like an antique shop, full of junk, and weird stuff. There's a big sword in there. And a taxidermy bird, and a couple of birdcages. And a lot of newspaper cuttings. I used to have a weird thing about cutting out morbid headlines from newspapers, and collecting them. I was fascinated with drowning, which is kind of strange.” KindBigsUsedStuffRoomsCuttingStrangeCoupleBirdNewspapersShopsFascinatedDrowningCollectingJunkHeadlinesAntiquesMorbidWeird ThingsWeird StuffTaxidermyNewspaper Headlines Author:Florence Welch
“At the beginning of my career I was going through a really weird phase of dressing in boys clothes. I would only wear one American Apparel T-shirt and shorts and brogues the whole year round. Not the same T-shirt, obviously, but one style of American Apparel T-shirt. I think I was going through a tomboy stage.” ThinkingYearsWholeBoysCareersStageStyleClothesRoundsShirtsPhasesDressingsT ShirtShortsReally WeirdApparelWhole YearBrogues 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
“'Dog Days' was recorded with pens and the wall, and half a stolen drum kit that was out of tune, in what was basically a cupboard. The only instrument I could really play was my voice, so we just layered everything a hundred times. It was enthusiasm over skill.” PlayVoiceHalfDogWallSkillsHundredInstrumentsEnthusiasmTunesPensStolenCupboardsDog Days 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
“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