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" I'm a modern-day renaissance man. "
Winston Marshall
Modern-Day
Man
Renaissance
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" 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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" 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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" 2014 was a pretty bad year for me. Quite a lot of loss. "
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" We look at our albums as stand-alone pieces of art and also as adverts for our live shows. "
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" 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. "
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" I think that's why so many school bands start on guitars: because they hide their mistakes with the distortion. "
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" It's very important, when everyone else seems to be pigeon-holing you, to try and pigeon-hole yourself. "
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" My dream is to tour for 50 years. "
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" We're not, like, hard men. "
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Like
Men
" I want to bring UCB to England. We don't have anything like it. "
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Want
Like
" For me, food and music are very similar in that you create, you spend a lot of time making something, and it only lasts a few seconds or a few minutes. "
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You
Time
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" Irish people never think we're Irish. Americans think we're European or French. "
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Never
" I cut off my dreadlocks, but I couldn't face throwing them away. They were so hard to grow, man. There's a lot of work goes into those things. Some people keep a diary or a photo album to remind them of their past lives - well, I've got hair. Who knows? One day, maybe my grandchildren might want to see it. "
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Day
Hair
" The thing about Nashville that's amazing is everyone plays... so you don't meet up for a drink, you meet up for a pick. It's an incredibly creative town, just bubbling with energy. "
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Energy
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English
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