Florence Welch

Well, I'm completely normal and mellow.

— Florence Welch

I'm not giving up, I'm just giving in.

— Florence Welch

I've just never been a tracksuit-wearer.

— Florence Welch

It's always darkness before the dawn.

— Florence Welch

My mum wanted me to go to university.

— Florence Welch

You live and you learn.

— Florence Welch

Music can tear me up inside.

— Florence Welch

I like the idea of taking off like a bird.

— Florence Welch

Worst nightmares can also appear with your eyes open.

— Florence Welch

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

— Florence Welch

I'm a choir girl gone horribly, desperately wrong.

— Florence Welch

You should have high expectations for yourself and others should come second.

— Florence Welch

I want people to get hit and caught by my music.

— Florence Welch

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

— Florence Welch

“I can see the green light I can see it in your eyes”

— Florence Welch

My style of playing is more enthusiasm and instinct than skill.

— 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,…

— Florence Welch

“There's green eyes in my eyes And a lover on my mind And I sing from the piano Tear my yellow dress…

— Florence Welch

A lot of the songs on the new album are about imaginary things, things that you can't touch - ghosts and rumors,…

— Florence Welch

You can forget anything, and actually being a part of a crowd, of a group, can itself be freeing.

— Florence Welch

I am obsessed with the whole Victoriana thing, the whole Jack the Ripper London era, the grayness of it, the haunted feeling…

— Florence Welch

I've learned not to hide behind a veil of irony - to talk about my work in a more honest way.

— Florence Welch

I like the idea of not being afraid of letting your imagination rule you, to feel the freedom of expression, to let…

— Florence Welch

I get in fights with my sister all the time. She comes on the road with me and we fight - like…

— Florence Welch

Where's my heart at? Aw. Um, in my chest. I think it's in there - on the right hand side. Sometimes it's…

— Florence Welch

My siblings and I were friends with the boys who would become our stepbrothers - we grew up on the same street.…

— Florence Welch

“I've fallen out of favour And I've fallen from grace Fallen out of trees And I've fallen on my face Fallen out…

— 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…

— Florence Welch

If you asked me to go back to being 14 or 15, I couldn't - it was a terrifying time. I was…

— Florence Welch

I’m attracted to the idea of drowning. Or rather the idea of jumping off and being enveloped by something, not bad or…

— 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…

— Florence Welch

I can't wait to get on stage, because there you don't worry about whether you'll ever get married because your life is…

— Florence Welch

“Holy water cannot help you now A thousand armies couldn’t keep me out See, I’ve come to burn your kingdom down I’ve…

— Florence Welch

“Be careful of the curse that falls on young lovers Starts so soft and sweet and turns them to hunters A man…

— Florence Welch

“Then I heard your voice as clear as day, And you told me I should concentrate, It was all so strange, And…

— Florence Welch

I like to keep my issues drawn, it's always darkest before the dawn.

— Florence Welch

In a conversation, the words can get stuck, I don't know what to say, I get very anxious.

— Florence Welch

I like to wear clothes that I will wear when I am an old lady.

— Florence Welch

Lay me down Let the only sound Be the overflow Pockets full of stones

— Florence Welch

I always wanted to sound like a man, like Jeff Buckley or Tom Waits.

— Florence Welch