Quotes by Florence Welch

For someone so conflicted, who am I to give advice to anybody? It’s such a funny, grandiose idea

A falling star fell from your heart and landed in my eyes.I screamed aloud, as it tore through them, and now its left me blind.The stars, the moon, they have all been blown out.You left me in the dark.No dawn, no day, Im always in this twilight.In the shadow of your heart.And in the dark, I can hear your heartbeat.I tried to find the sound.But then it stopped, and I was in the darkness,So darkness I became.I took the stars from my eyes, and then I made a map.And knew that somehow I could find my way back.Then I heard your heart beating, you were in the darkness too.So I stayed in the darkness with you.

You took my heart and you held it in your mouthAnd, with a word all my love came rushing outAnd, every whisper, its the worst, emptied out by a single wordThere is a hollow in me now...And Every whisper, every sighEats away at this heart of mineAnd there is a hollow in me now.So I put my faith in something unknownIm living on such sweet nothingBut Im trying to hope with nothing to holdIm living on such sweet nothing.

Hands up if you’re ready to do something you’ll regret this weekend. Go forth! You have my blessing.

Then I heard your voice as clear as day, And you told me I should concentrate, It was all so strange, And so surreal, That a ghost should be so practical. Only if for a night And the only solution was to stand and fight, And my body was bruised and I was set alight, But you came over me like some holy rite, And although I was burning, Youre the only light Only if for a night

Ive got some incredible fans actually - so loyal and they make me birthday cards and Christmas cards. I got this package of poems and artwork based around the songs. Theyve got this thing called Floetry where they all have to put in artwork. Theyve set up their own competitions and stuff which is kind of amazing.

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.

My siblings and I were friends with the boys who would become our stepbrothers - we grew up on the same street. I feel very special to have these amazing people in my life and if we hadnt all moved into this big house together I think I would have missed out on that, because we would have drifted apart.

Ive always been a bit of a decorator. I think if I wasnt a singer Id probably be in stage setting or interior design or something. I like clutter and Im quite visually greedy. I cant have things to be plain I have to have things looking interesting... maybe Im just a frustrated interior designer stuck in a singing career.

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.

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.

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.

Im a light sleeper. Ive never been one of those people who can put their head down and suddenly everything disappears. Nighttime is the time I get most scared, anxious or worried. In those darker moments before waking or sleeping is when I feel most, I dont know, I can turn on myself, and my imagination can take me dark places.

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.

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.

The aesthetic came along the way, I think - just through experimenting, and going on tour, and trying stuff out on stage, having fun with it, and not taking it too seriously. If I had a ballgown at home, Id wear it onstage. If I found something in a charity shop, Id wear it. Thats where it grew from - just wanting to play dress-up.