Florence Welch Quotes
The music is so euphoric,as a way of battling the words. It’s like an exorcism, beating it out with drums, shake this demon out, it’s so visceral because the melancholy has to be drummed out. I can’t let it sit inside me.
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Unmissed but by his dogs and by his groom.
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Inspiration is the opportunity of genius.
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You can't be a legend in your parent's basement.
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I'm very much a creature of habit.
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If a man sets out to study all the laws, he will have no time left to transgress them.
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People tried to change my concept of what music is. That music is work, but it's not like that.
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The music is so euphoric,as a way of battling the words. It’s like an exorcism, beating it out with drums, shake this demon out, it’s so visceral because the melancholy has to be drummed out. I can’t let it sit inside me.
