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" Irish people never think we're Irish. Americans think we're European or French. "

Winston Marshall

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" 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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" We're not, like, hard men. "

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" 2014 was a pretty bad year for me. Quite a lot of loss. "

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" Banjos, dobros, and acoustic guitars are not our first instruments. "

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" We play the instruments we love. "

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" 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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" Elton John is an absolute lad. He's a hero. "

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" Every day is a learning day. "

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" 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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" 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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" The day we struggle to enjoy what we do and just get the gig over with we'll quit. "

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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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" 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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" One of the things we say in this band is if it's not fun, it's not worth doing. "

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" We know what we like in music, and we got into music to try and give back what we got out of it. "

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" We don't want to be part of some Tidal 'streaming revolution,' nor do we want to be Taylor Swift and be anti-it. "

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" Technically, I suppose I was following all the right behavior patterns of a trustafarian. "

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" The trick to techno, as a connoisseur, is that you got to do two things: keep your hands down and your mouth shut. "

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" I became obsessed with Simian Mobile Disco's music and poorly attempted to make my own techno music. "

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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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" I've seen the Stones play for three hours, and the crowd knew every song. It's what you want in a headline slot at a festival. "

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" 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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" You're always thinking about making new music. "

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" If you can't pigeon-hole yourself, who can you pigeon-hole? "

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" We're all big fans of bluegrass. "

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" I regret a couple of wardrobe decisions. "

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" '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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" England's just very cynical. "

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" 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. "

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