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

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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 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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'd never thought we'd get to travel so extensively, meet our heroes, and collaborate with so many people. "

" 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. "

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

" We don't sing about eating local produce or growing beards or anything like that. It's funny to find yourself in a position where people associate you with things that are completely arbitrary to your songs. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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.' "

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

" Touring is something I do really well. "

" 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.' "

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

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

" 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. "

" We don't read a lot of what people say about us. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "