Florence Welch and Carey Mulligan attend Catherine Martin And Miuccia Prada Dress Gatsby Opening Cocktail

“The sense, that when you’re at the lowest you can possibly go, it’s kind of freeing. Because the very worst thing that could possibly happen has happened, so what is there left to be afraid of. You won’t be happy forever, but you won’t be sad forever. You know, it’s like a tipping point.”
Florence Welch in her own house, photographed by Angelo Pennetta for Vogue, May 2013.
“Let’s talk about magic. Because music, at its best, is a kind of magic that lifts you up and takes you somewhere else. “I want my music to sound like throwing yourself out of a tree, or off a tall building, or as if you’re being sucked down into the ocean and you can’t breathe,” says Florence Welch. “It’s something overwhelming and all-encompassing that fills you up, and you’re either going to explode with it, or you’re just going to disappear.”