Florence Welch Quotes About Songs

Quotes about: Songs

• I think I should get a bigger between-the-song persona, so then I'm not wandering around the stage like some mad old auntie that's saying hello to people and falling over.

  Florence Welch

  Song, Fall, Thinking

• '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.

  Florence Welch

  Song, Real, Kids

• 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.

  Florence Welch

  Birthday, Song, Competition

• A lot of the songs on the new album are about imaginary things, things that you can't touch - ghosts and rumors, my dead grandmother, things visiting you in a dream.

  Florence Welch

  Dream, Song, Grandmother

  "Florence And The Machine Hint At New Music Inspired By 'Dark Metaphors'" by Jocelyn Vena, www.mtv.com. May 20, 2011.

• I'd experimented with so many different types of music. I had these folky songs I'd written and recorded, but something wasn't quite right.

  Florence Welch

  Song, Different, Type

  "Florence and the Machine: 'I was almost out of control" by Tom Lamont, www.theguardian.com. October 29, 2011.

• It was a complete dream to work with David LaChapelle. I collected his books as a teenager, and I fantasised that he would direct the video for 'Spectrum' from the moment the song was written. I still can't believe it actually happened, 
and I'm completely overjoyed that he felt such a connection with the song.

  Florence Welch

  Dream, Song, Teenager

  "Florence + the Machine debut 'Spectrum' music video - watch" by Ewis Corner, www.digitalspy.com. May 30, 2012.

• During the songs, you transcend yourself. The best way to be in the performance is to be without pause and be essentially in the moment, in that moment of expression.

  Florence Welch

  Song, Expression, Way

• 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.

  Florence Welch

  Song, Thinking, Singing

• I was having a conversation with my father and he was talking about this thing - strangeness and charm. It's actually the name of the two smallest particles that there are when you split the atom, so I wrote a song around it. I even managed to fit the word 'hydrogen' in there. Isn't that a nice thing for scientists to call them though?

  Florence Welch

  Song, Father, Nice

• I'm quite glad I never learned to play the guitar, because I think I'd write songs that were more classically structured. As it is, I've had to create my own way of writing, which isn't typical. Everything's a big crescendo.

  Florence Welch

  Song, Writing, Thinking

  "Florence and the Machine: 'I was almost out of control'". Interview with Tom Lamont, www.theguardian.com. October 29, 2011.

• I've spent a lot of time in tiny venues in the way that I got my record deal and got my name out there just performing live. I was literally performing my songs in all kinds of different ways with different guitarists, and I didn't have an album up online or anything. It's been a lot of work; it definitely hasn't been a sudden explosion into fame.

  Florence Welch

  Song, Names, Different

  "Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine: An EW Q&a". Interview with Leah Greenblatt, ew.com. September 13, 2010.

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