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" Can't cook. Can't, I dunno, do paperwork. I don't know, what else can't we do? I'm not to be trusted with other people's animals. "

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" We don't make music except for the joy of making music, really - and meeting people and sharing ideas. "

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

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

" Most people overcome something terrible at some point in their lives. "

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

" People don't really need to question our sincerity when it comes to our songs. "

" If you told me in the '90s that I'd be in a chart battle with Green Day, I probably would have just laughed at you. "

" Touring is something I do really well. "

" 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 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. "

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

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

" Without a drummer, you've got that sort of running, chicken-chasing, rhythmic thing happening with the banjo in the top end - it's what gives our music a lot of its momentum, a lot of its energy. "

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

" I think it's a great story, the story of Babel. I think anyone can direct it as an analogy for a lot of different situations. "

" We're not the first band who went to public school. "

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

" When you write on the road, you are restricted to the instruments around you, whereas in the studio, you can plug anything in and try it. "

" 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.' "

" We started off as Marcus Mumford, which is our singer's name. But then it very quickly became apparent it wasn't really a one-man thing: it was indeed a band. We wanted to give the impression of a family business, and we just liked the ring of Mumford & Sons. "

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

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

" Being a bass player in a band without a drummer for seven, eight years has been kind of weird. "

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

" There's definitely a negative correlation between the higher the profile and the enjoyment of the gig. "

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

" 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 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. "

" Ninety percent of the time, I'm sitting in a bus driving through some place like the Colorado mountains and thinking, 'Wow, we're not in a pub in London anymore.' "

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