Quotes by Florence Welch

About 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.
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The stage is a place where I can be wholly myself. Even though you're in front of people almost to be judged, it is a place without judgement.

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 ...

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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 rip...

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I definitely have a real self-destructive streak.

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I've just never been a tracksuit-wearer.

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.

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On stage, you can use your emotions. It's the place where you can channel them. They have a purpose.

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I've always been able to just concoct a melody quite easily - it's just kind of instinct, really. You've got to channel your subconscious.

Florence Welch

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

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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.

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My mum wanted me to go to university.

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I used to dress like an eight-year-old boy. Traveling has inspired me to be more experimental.

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

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I think an encore is perfectly acceptable, but I find it so weird when people do two or three.

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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.

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I am obsessed with the whole Victoriana thing, the whole Jack the Ripper London era, the grayness of it, the haunted feeling of it, all ancient and bloody.

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I've been having this really weird anxiety dream about arriving too late or too early, and the people in charge are like, 'You have to leave! You have to go back to the hotel and get ready!' And I use the wrong exit, and I'm running down the red carp...

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I'm one of those people that is up for most things. When I was offered to sing at the Oscars I was like, 'Yeah, I want to know what that's like!' I'm always curious to know what things are like - as long as you're not compromising who you are.

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I've built my wardrobe color palette around red, so I'm happy with it, but I do get pangs when I see beautiful brunettes. I've already been blue, green, black, and blonde.

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I didn't want to become a personality, I wanted to be a musician, but because I didn't have an album to stand by yet it was hard for people to see that. But now, two albums in, I'm happy with things.

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I was having a conversation with my father and he was talking about this thing - strangeness and charm. It's actually the name of the two smallest particles that there are when you split the atom, so I wrote a song around it. I even managed to fit th...

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Author Bio

  • NameFlorence Welch
  • DescriptionEnglish musician, singer and songwriter
  • BornAugust 28, 1986
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionSinger; Singer-songwriter; Guitarist; Composer