When I'm singing I'm always trying to get to the highest point possible. I'd fly to the top of Buckingham Palace to sing to the queen. 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 regretblessingfunny Having a soul, they say, is like taking sadness and turning it into something beautiful. Florence Welch sadnesssoulbeautiful I try to maintain a healthy dose of daydreaming, to remain sane. Florence Welch daydreaminghealthytrying 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 oceansoundtree If you do something with your whole heart and it's a mistake, you can live with that. Florence Welch wholemistakeheart 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 creativityexpressionideas 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 attractivekindsometimes Worst nightmares can also appear with your eyes open. Florence Welch worst-nightmaresnightmareeye 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 jumpingkidslying 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 creatingpersonalityrunning For me, ‘Dog Days’ symbolizes apocalyptic euphoria, chaotic freedom and running really, really fast with your eyes closed. Florence Welch eyedogrunning You should have high expectations for yourself and others should come second. Florence Welch expectations-of-yourselfshould-haveexpectations Love is horrible. I mean, when you're in love, it's like a sickness. Such madness. Florence Welch madnesslove-ismean 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 protectioncavesthinking It’s good to be vulnerable in amongst the grandeur; you shouldn’t lose that sense of intimacy and vulnerability with people. Florence Welch intimacyvulnerablepeople 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 healthymeanthinking 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 fashionemotionalbreak I want people to get hit and caught by my music. Florence Welch caughtwantpeople 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 heartbrokencreativitythinking 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 realbeautifulthinking
