Florence Welch
Florence Welch
Florence Leontine Mary Welch is an English musician, singer, and songwriter. She is best known as the lead vocalist of the indie rock band Florence + the Machine...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth28 August 1986
CityCamberwell, England
fashion emotional break
Music to me is so internal. It's physical and it's emotional. Whereas fashion is so much about the external that it's almost like a break. It's not inner turmoil. It's total escapism.
eye worst-nightmares nightmare
Worst nightmares can also appear with your eyes open.
mistake heart ifs
If you do something with your whole heart and it's a mistake, you can live with that.
creativity expression ideas
I like the idea of not being afraid of letting your imagination rule you, to feel the freedom of expression, to let creativity be your overwhelming drive rather than other things.
kind sometimes attractive
Sometimes I find that music is so much more attractive than love. I don’t know… It’s like some kind of euphoria, that love can’t bring to you.
ocean tree want
I want my music to sound like throwing yourself out of a tree, or off a tall building, or as if you’re being sucked down into the ocean and you can’t breathe… It’s something overwhelming and all-encompassing that fills you up, and you’re either going to explode with it, or you’re just going to disappear.
healthy trying daydreaming
I try to maintain a healthy dose of daydreaming, to remain sane.
beautiful sadness soul
Having a soul, they say, is like taking sadness and turning it into something beautiful.
regret blessing weekend
Hands up if you’re ready to do something you’ll regret this weekend. Go forth! You have my blessing.
album carrying wrote
When making the first album, I think I wrote a song about every six months. The first album was so much about the vocals carrying it.
easily glad hand hole learned
I'm just a black hole for stuff. No one should ever hand me anything, because I get so easily distracted. I'll be like, 'Oh, look, something shiny!' I'm glad I never learned how to drive. I would be really dangerous.
people time
When you play, it's like you know that there are people out there who are hearing it for the first time, and I think that's really important.
music
The sense of jubilee for music and what we're making is always genuine.
consider drive freedom imagination letting rather role rule
It would be too frightening for me to consider myself a role model. But I like the idea of not being afraid of letting your imagination rule you, to feel the freedom of expression, to let creativity be your overwhelming drive rather than other things.