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I spent my 16th birthday high as a kite, jumping out of a tree topless in my local park just because it felt amazing hitting the ground.

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Florence Welch
Age: 38
Born: 1986
Born: August 28
Composer
Drummer
Guitarist
Musician
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
London
England
Florence Leontine Mary Welch
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If you see a river running smoothly, it's because someone has drowned in it, and if it's raging, it means that it's still got bloodlust.
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The first album, for better or for worse, was done over from the ages of 17-22, with a couple of different producers. Some of it was recorded in an old swimming pool, some of it was recorded in a synagogue - it kind of was all over the place.
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I've learned not to hide behind a veil of irony - to talk about my work in a more honest way.
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