3 December 2020 Florence Welch The Teenage Cancer Trust does incredible work supporting and caring for teenagers and young adults with cancer, and it’s a cause that is really close to me and my family.
3 December 2020 Florence Welch I try to write lyrics so that they won’t age, which sort of leaves you with the big subjects like death and love and sex and violence.
3 December 2020 Florence Welch I saw ‘The Artist.’ It’s really beautiful and it’s all done to the letter with all the silent film techniques. The costumes were amazing and the dog is so good.
3 December 2020 Florence Welch Going to parties usually makes me feel depressed, just because I have such social fear after meeting people.
3 December 2020 Florence Welch I’m 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.
3 December 2020 Florence Welch I’d 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.
3 December 2020 Florence Welch I’ve 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.
3 December 2020 Florence Welch I’ve got quite a vivid imagination and I’m easily overwhelmed by sensations and things that are beautiful or scary. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a ghost – I think I’m probably haunted by my own ghosts than real ones.
