Florence Welch was in tears on Wednesday, but for a good reason -- the Florence + The Machine frontwoman was bestowed with an honorary degree from London's University of the Arts.
The 35-year-old British singer donned a cap and gown and even spoke at the ceremony, reminiscing about how attending art college.
Welch, whose mother attended Harvard and the Warburg Institute at the University of London, said in an emotional speech she was floored by the honor.
Welch also said in her speech that she started working at a bar after high school, much to her mother's chagrin.
But she eventually did apply to the school's Camberwell College of Arts.
She dropped out after a year but, again, for good reason -- it was to go all in with Florence + The Machine.
Rather than applying for any universities at all, I just wanted to be in a band but at that point in my life there was really no band," she explained.