I can't just have one painting - I need to cover the wall in paintings. It's the same with my music. I want to mix everything together to create more.

I made music with my friend, who we called Isabella Machine to which I was Florence Robot. When I was about an hour away from my first gig, I still didn't have a name, so I thought 'Okay, I'll be Florence Robot/Isa Machine', before realising that name was so long it'd drive me mad.

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.

It's very flattering when you look into the crowd and people have made an effort and dressed in your style.

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 want people to get hit and caught by my music.

I've learned not to hide behind a veil of irony - to talk about my work in a more honest way.