240 Quotes by Florence Welch

I’m obsessed with choirs, and always have been, because of that sense of overwhelming vocals.

Love is horrible. I mean, when you’re in love, it’s like a sickness. Such madness.

You know, people always ask, ‘What are you like offstage?’ And I always say, ‘Well, I’m completely normal and mellow.’

I feel things in quite an intense way. I’m not actually the most intense person.

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?

I like to think at least things can’t get any worse.

I always seem to feel that everything is about to cave in on me. I think that maybe music is my protection from that and in some senses it’s an outlet to turn it into something euphoric: embracing the eventual decline.

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.

I’ve been thinking about songwriting more in terms of playing it live, and how it will sound as a band.