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" As soon as we started playing sports arenas, we thought how great it would be if we could instead play to 25,000 people in our own way - a way we can control it so there's not all kinds of company branding around the show - and do it in a way that celebrates the community. "

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" You look at the instrumentation, and you can't really argue that we set out with commercial aspirations. Banjos and things like that are not part of some formula for global success. But it felt right, and I think there's some value to purity of intention. "

Ted Dwane

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" It's strange to think about the scathing reviews 'Sigh No More' got and then consider that we could win best album a year or so later. "

Ted Dwane

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" You can't really opt into something you don't believe in. "

" There's not a lot to hide behind when you make the sort of music we make. "

" Touring is something I do really well. "

" Sticking to our guns creatively is the only way we'll ever survive as a band and be happy. "

" Self-awareness is something that we actually actively avoid. "

" Whether people jump up and down when they see us or are completely quiet, it just feels really good that they're connecting. "

" None of us had really any interest in doing a sort of 'Babel 2.' "

Ted Dwane

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" We really believe in our music, and it's still heartening to know that it's appreciated, and that's what sticks. "

" We're a restless bunch, and we have a lot of energy - we're never going to stand still. "

" We have big limitations by not having a drummer. It instantly informs a lot of our musical decisions when it comes to writing. What we end up coming out with is not very cerebral music. "

" We have this spirit that's just uncrushable. "

Ted Dwane

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" It's impossible to tell how you're perceived. I think it's important not to think about it too much, because it really means nothing. Some people think we're a rock band, and that's ridiculous, and the idea of us being a folk band - you sit in a pub in Ireland and hear those guys play, and you're like, 'Yeah, we're definitely not a folk band.' "

" I've always thought of faith as an acknowledgment of not being the biggest thing in the universe. "

" Because we are four creative people - four writers - there was no way that we were ever going to be satiated doing the same thing over and again. Change was inevitable for us. And a very natural thing. "

" We were thrilled when we were nominated for best new artist at the Grammys, but we were even more so when they asked us to play live. "

Ted Dwane

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" Our spiritual home is definitely the U.K., but we have such a breadth of influence, and America's a huge part of that, as I think it is for most bands. "

" We never could have foreseen the success of 'Babel.' It's not like banjo records were soaring up the charts, you know. "

Ted Dwane

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" You can't just repeat. It's valueless. So we - we're really keen to challenge ourselves. I suppose a byproduct of that will be challenging our fans a bit as well. "

" We're obviously a London band, and British at heart. "

" We were proud of our first two records, but the parameters were pretty narrow. We didn't have full drums, for example. There were just so many limitations to that setup, and we really fully explored them. "

" There's a point with every record we've made that the album starts to assert its identity, and I think that's kind of what happened with 'The Wolf.' "

" In December 2010, we embarked on a slightly strange tour of India. We played every kind of gig you could imagine over two weeks, from sports bars to hotel bars to a beautiful outdoor amphitheatre. "

" As humans, we're such a discontented species. We're always trying to further ourselves, and you get all the way to the moon, and then it's just discontent. You want to go to Mars. "

" When we made the first album, it was meant to be a snapshot of Mumford & Sons in 2009. "

" I was a bass guitarist first before I started playing double bass - and I only started playing it because my teacher said I'd get twice as much work, as there's not enough players out there. "

" A lot of the time, if you go into an arena, they're pretty uninspiring. But we try to create an atmosphere. "

" We never thought we'd be commercially viable, and we were proved wrong. "

" We've always imagined ourselves as a rock band. We've always been a rock band playing the wrong instruments. "