A falling star fell from your heart and landed in my eyes. I screamed aloud, as it tore through them, and now it's left me blind. The stars, the moon, they have all been blown out. You left me in the dark. No dawn, no day, I'm 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.

— Florence Welch

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

— Florence Welch

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

— Florence Welch

I'm a light sleeper. I've 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 don't know, I can turn on myself, and my imagination can take me dark places.

— Florence Welch

I try to write lyrics so that they won't age, which sort of leaves you with the big subjects like death and love and sex and violence.

— Florence Welch

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.

— Florence Welch

I've always been a bit of a decorator. I think if I wasn't a singer I'd probably be in stage setting or interior design or something. Furthermore, I like clutter and I'm quite visually greedy. Furthermore, I can't have things to be plain I have to have things looking interesting... maybe I'm just a frustrated interior designer stuck in a singing career.

— Florence Welch

I've 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.

— Florence Welch

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

I've 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. They've got this thing called 'Floe try' where they all have to put in artwork. They've set up their own competitions and stuff which is kind of amazing.

— Florence Welch