The Teenage Cancer Trust does incredible work supporting and caring for teenagers and young adults with cancer, and its a cause that is really close to me and my family. – Florence Welch
Ive always been attracted to romantic secondhand clothes. But my style developed as I started going to these strange raves where everybody had these very definitive costumes. – Florence Welch
Theres such an extreme feeling to be in love, especially in quite an emotionally destructive relationship, where youre both kind of really bad for each other, but you love each other so much. Those extreme emotions, I think, can only be described with extreme imagery. – Florence Welch
Ive got quite a vivid imagination and Im easily overwhelmed by sensations and things that are beautiful or scary. I dont think Ive ever seen a ghost – I think Im probably haunted by my own ghosts than real ones. – Florence Welch
Im completely in love with the world but also terrified of it. It creates some overwhelming feelings. Wanting to battle out that joy and fear is part of my music. – Florence Welch
Id gone from being this art student messing about with music to this girl with a record deal, magazine front covers and all this hype. In many ways, it was everything I ever wanted, but when it happened all I felt was total, paralysing fear. – Florence Welch
I saw The Artist. Its really beautiful and its all done to the letter with all the silent film techniques. The costumes were amazing and the dog is so good. – Florence Welch
I try to write lyrics so that they wont age, which sort of leaves you with the big subjects like death and love and sex and violence. – Florence Welch
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. – Florence Welch
Going to parties usually makes me feel depressed, just because I have such social fear after meeting people. – Florence Welch
