240 Quotes by Florence Welch

The only music I was listening to for ages was old soul. So I wasn’t listening to a lot of new music – especially indie music.

It’s very flattering when you look into the crowd and people have made an effort and dressed in your style.

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.

I saw ‘The Artist.’ It’s really beautiful and it’s all done to the letter with all the silent film techniques. The costumes were amazing and the dog is so good.

When you’re heartbroken, you’re at your most creative – you have to channel all your energies into something else to not think about it. Contentment is a creativity killer, but don’t worry – I’m very capable of making myself discontented.

I’d experimented with so many different types of music. I had these folky songs I’d written and recorded, but something wasn’t quite right.

Maybe in music you’re making an auditory environment and maybe you change your environment around you to suit your own way.

When I’m singing I’m always trying to get to the highest point possible. I’d fly to the top of Buckingham Palace to sing to the queen.

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.