Florence Welch

I feel things in quite an intense way. I'm not actually the most intense person. ”

I've always been able to just concoct a melody quite easily - it's just kind of instinct, really. You've got to channel your subconscious. ”

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!' ”

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. ”

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. ”

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. ”

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. ”

Music is my way out. I keep things locked up and never say anything. I guess in order to say something to one person, I have to sing it to a couple of thousand. It doesn't make for healthy relationships. ”

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

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