For me, ‘Dog Days’ symbolizes apocalyptic euphoria, chaotic freedom and running really, really fast with your eyes closed. Florence Welch More Quotes by Florence Welch More Quotes From Florence Welch Hands up if you’re ready to do something you’ll regret this weekend. Go forth! You have my blessing. Florence Welch regret blessing funny Having a soul, they say, is like taking sadness and turning it into something beautiful. Florence Welch sadness soul beautiful I try to maintain a healthy dose of daydreaming, to remain sane. Florence Welch daydreaming healthy trying 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. Florence Welch ocean sound tree If you do something with your whole heart and it's a mistake, you can live with that. Florence Welch whole mistake heart 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 creativity expression ideas 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. Florence Welch attractive kind sometimes Worst nightmares can also appear with your eyes open. Florence Welch worst-nightmares nightmare eye I’m attracted to the idea of drowning. Or rather the idea of jumping off and being enveloped by something, not bad or good, just enveloping. Florence Welch jumping kids lying I have this sensation of being in flight all the time, but being on stage is like creating a sanctuary in which you can completely lose yourself. The bits of your personality that you keep under wraps in ordinary life, you can let them run free. Florence Welch creating personality running You should have high expectations for yourself and others should come second. Florence Welch expectations-of-yourself should-have expectations Love is horrible. I mean, when you're in love, it's like a sickness. Such madness. Florence Welch madness love-is mean I always seem to feel that everything is about to cave in on me. I think that maybe music is my protection from that and in some senses it's an outlet to turn it into something euphoric: embracing the eventual decline. Florence Welch protection caves thinking It’s good to be vulnerable in amongst the grandeur; you shouldn’t lose that sense of intimacy and vulnerability with people. Florence Welch intimacy vulnerable people I can't ever seem to shake the feeling that when things are really good it essentially means that things are going to go really bad. When I feel calm and settled, there is always an underlying feeling of impending doom... I don't think that it's healthy. Florence Welch healthy mean thinking 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. Florence Welch fashion emotional break I want people to get hit and caught by my music. Florence Welch caught want people When you're heartbroken, you're at your most creative - you have to channel all your energies into something else to not think about it. Contentment is a creativity killer, but don't worry - I'm very capable of making myself discontented. Florence Welch heartbroken creativity thinking 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. Florence Welch real beautiful thinking I think music should be scary. Florence Welch exorcism scary thinking
