Florence Welch Quotes - Page 5

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• I've been having this really weird anxiety dream about arriving too late or too early, and the people in charge are like, 'You have to leave! You have to go back to the hotel and get ready!' And I use the wrong exit, and I'm running down the red carpet in ­pyjamas, like, 'No! Don't look at me!'

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  Running, Dream, People

  "The unstoppable rise of Florence Welch". Interview with John Harris, www.theguardian.com. February 26, 2010.

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• I've built my wardrobe color palette around red, so I'm happy with it, but I do get pangs when I see beautiful brunettes. I've already been blue, green, black, and blonde.

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  Beautiful, Blue, Color

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• 'Spectrum' is in part a disco song. But we play it hard, and it's a real euphoric, wailing tune. It's kind of like a total house anthem, in a way, but it seems to be going down really well. We've got all the grunge kids going mad for disco house raves.

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  Song, Real, Kids

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• It's hard to dance with a devil on your back, So shake him off...

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  Devil, Shakes, Hard

  "Song: Shake It Out (Ceremonials)". September 14, 2011.

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

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  Ideas, Giving, Advice

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• I wish to remain nameless
  And live without shame
  'Cause what's in a name, Oh
  I still remain the same

  Florence Welch

  Names, Wish, Causes

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• I like a house party and fancy dress, a big fan of fancy dress, like dress up, costume parties.

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  Party, House, Fans

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• I dyed my hair red when I was ten and when I was 11 - in my goth period - I dyed it black and I was really into witchcraft. I made mini shrines in my bedroom with candles and tried to cast spells to make the boy in the next class fall in love with me. I don't think he did.

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  Falling In Love, Thinking, Boys

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• I'm down to bleach my eyebrows again. I tell you what, though - that didn't go down well with my boyfriend. Girls love it. Guys, not so into it.

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  Girl, Eyebrows, Guy

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• Look, if Givenchy is going to lend you a dress, I'm not going to turn it down. I would wear that dress to just go out and buy a pint of milk if they would lend it to me.

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  Dresses, Looks, Milk

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• I think I just get excited by music, and, like, singing is a very physical thing. It releases endorphins in your body. You're using almost muscle in there, and I think that adrenaline really helps to kind of make the songs fresh every time.

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  Song, Thinking, Singing

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• The release of 'Lungs' was so hard. It was terrifying, because it was the first time doing everything. The first experiences of media exposure were almost paralysing. I spent a lot of time crying on the floor of the studio - it sent me a bit mad.

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  Media, Mad, Firsts

  "Inner Visions - Florence And The Machine". Interview with Laura Foster, www.clashmusic.com. February 11, 2011.

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• You know, people always ask, 'What are you like offstage?' And I always say, 'Well, I'm completely normal and mellow.'

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  People, Normal, Mellow

  Interview with Baz Luhrmann, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 24, 2011.

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• Maybe in music you're making an auditory environment and maybe you change your environment around you to suit your own way.

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  Way, Suits, Environment

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• I like to wear clothes that I will wear when I am an old lady.

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  Clothes, Old Lady

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• I love Lady Gaga and I love Katy Perry and R&B and rap music... I love big, American pop music.

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  Rap, Bigs, Pops

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• I love that sense of release as you throw yourself into the crowd as hundreds of arms are carrying you.

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  Crowds, Arms, Release

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• I think an encore is perfectly acceptable, but I find it so weird when people do two or three.

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  Thinking, Two, People

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• 'Dog Days' was recorded with pens and the wall, and half a stolen drum kit that was out of tune, in what was basically a cupboard. The only instrument I could really play was my voice, so we just layered everything a hundred times. It was enthusiasm over skill.

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  Dog, Wall, Play

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• When I am with my family, then I can just sort of switch off. It's kind of weird, because I go back and I go into this bedroom that I have had since I was a teenager. It is like this parallel universe, because one minute I am on the red carpet and then the next I am hiding out in this room I have had since I was 15.

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  Teenager, Red, Rooms

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

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  Birthday, Song, Competition

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• I love performing outside because it's as if the heavens are open and the elements become part of the stage show as well - you know, the wind and the rain and the thunder. It's almost as if there's a sense of invocation in performance.

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  Rain, Wind, Heaven

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• The only music I was listening to for ages was old soul. So I wasn't listening to a lot of new music - especially indie music.

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  Soul, Listening, Age

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I think I just have a problem generally in life of wanting more of everything - more emotion, more drama, more glitz.

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  Drama, Thinking, Wanting More

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I've been thinking about songwriting more in terms of playing it live, and how it will sound as a band.

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  Thinking, Sound, Band

  "Florence and the Machine Announce New LP". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. August 23, 2011.

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