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" Every day is a learning day. "
Winston Marshall
Learning
Every
Every Day
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" 2014 was a pretty bad year for me. Quite a lot of loss. "
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Me
Bad
Loss
" I play banjo, and in Britain, it's easy to get away with playing banjo because you don't often see it on U.K. stages. In America, people know when you're a good banjo player, so I was really nervous about playing out there. But we actually went down really well. "
Winston Marshall
America
Good
People
" Somebody told me about a band that works out their whole set as if it was one song. They learn the whole set as one piece, so they know how the dynamics of it work. It's really difficult to do, and you can only really do it while you're on tour, as being in a rehearsal studio is not the same as being on stage in front of an audience. "
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Song
Work
You
" 'Babel' is a continuation of a project; it's not like now we are more theatrical. We've grown up, seen places, been places, and that is shown in this album. "
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Like
Places
Up
" We formed the band because we wanted to tour. That was our common interest. "
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Because
Tour
Interest
" The day we struggle to enjoy what we do and just get the gig over with we'll quit. "
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Struggle
Just
Over
" Just being thought of as a Christian is pretty annoying. Not that there's anything wrong with it. But just being told you're anything when you're not. "
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You
Christian
Pretty
" We were copying lots of bands, like Avett Brothers and Old Crow Medicine Show. "
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Brothers
Show
Old
" You write in songs what you're too scared to write in real life, and then you sing the songs to loads of people instead of telling it to the person you should be telling it to... Songs are a great way of dealing with those issues but kind of a coward's way as well. "
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Way
You
Real Life
" I don't understand how those old bands did it. We worked out early on that if we did three gigs in a row and went out afterwards, we'd lose our voices. We know our limits. "
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Old
Lose
Know
" Banjos are used in Celtic, English folk music and obviously American music. But not that much in pop music. But it's more versatile than people realise it to be. It's a beautiful instrument, very rhythmic and melodic. You can do anything with it. "
Winston Marshall
American
People
You
" It must be tiring being Bob Dylan for the past 50 years. People act like he's not even human, which must be hard work. Every room he walks into just goes quiet. "
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Hard Work
Past
Work
" We're a pretty emotional bunch. You know, someone doesn't say hello to you one day and you're like, 'I cannot believe the gall!' "
Winston Marshall
Believe
Day
Know
" Do you know what the key to comedy is? Timing. "
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Key
Comedy
Timing
" We get accused of inauthenticity because we play the instruments we play. "
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Instruments
Play
Get
" The less I try, the cooler I am. "
Winston Marshall
I Am
Less
Cooler
" This is how people are going to listen to music now - streaming. So diversify as a band. It doesn't mean selling your songs to adverts. "
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Selling
People
Music
" My dream is to tour for 50 years. "
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Years
Tour
Dream
" I think that's why so many school bands start on guitars: because they hide their mistakes with the distortion. "
Winston Marshall
Hide
Mistakes
Start
" I regret a couple of wardrobe decisions. "
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Regret
Decisions
Wardrobe
" Irish people never think we're Irish. Americans think we're European or French. "
Winston Marshall
People
Think
Never
" We called ourselves Mumford & Sons because we liked the idea of an old-fashioned, family-owned store. "
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Old-Fashioned
Because
Idea
" It's always great to see grey hairs in a crowd; people who are older have been to a lot more gigs than the kids; they've seen everything, so seeing them in the crowd means we've earned their applause. "
Winston Marshall
Seeing
People
Grey
" Things got big quickly for us, and playing arenas... it's like - and every band will tell you this - you don't see any of the town. "
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Tell
Will
You
" Banjos are funny instruments. They can get pretty irritating. "
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Pretty
Irritating
Get
" Banjos, dobros, and acoustic guitars are not our first instruments. "
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Our
Acoustic
Instruments
" The New Lost City Ramblers are a very good comparison, actually. They really took the music seriously, and we take the music very seriously. But we don't take ourselves seriously at all. "
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New
Seriously
Music
" I want to bring UCB to England. We don't have anything like it. "
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Bring
Want
Like
" Some people like the same thing forever, but I don't know. We kind of, like, listen to loads of different stuff, and our attention spans aren't good enough. So there was a bit of frustration when you're, like, having to play the same thing all the time because we play all, like, loads of different instruments. "
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Time
People
Know
" Once you're out there in front of people, I don't think there's any choice than to just give it your all. "
Winston Marshall
People
Just
Choice