“I'd gone from being this art student messing about with music to this girl with …” — Florence Welch

I am obsessed with the whole Victoriana thing, the whole Jack the Ripper London era, the grayness of it, the haunted feeling of it, all ancient and bloody.

Touring, and being in a band, it's almost like the other stuff, the other parts of life, get put on hold.

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.

I've just never been a tracksuit-wearer.