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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. "

Winston Marshall

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" Class is a big issue here. And some people get picked on more than others. I think we probably do. I mean, it doesn't help that we wear waistcoats and tweed the whole time. But there is a reverse snobbishness in England towards that sort of stuff. And I think that's one of the reasons we really enjoy America, 'cos we're classless. "

Winston Marshall

" I'm a modern-day renaissance man. "

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" New York - it's the center of the world. "

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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. "

Winston Marshall

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

Winston Marshall

" 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. "

Winston Marshall

" England's just very cynical. Like I am. Like we all are. "

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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. "

Winston Marshall

" England's just very cynical. "

Winston Marshall

" 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. "

Winston Marshall

" We get accused of inauthenticity because we play the instruments we play. "

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" My dream is to tour for 50 years. "

Winston Marshall

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

Winston Marshall

" Banjos are funny instruments. They can get pretty irritating. "

Winston Marshall

" The less I try, the cooler I am. "

Winston Marshall

" We're in a long line of English people pretending to be Americans and not being as good as Americans. "

Winston Marshall

" 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

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

Winston Marshall

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

Winston Marshall

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

Winston Marshall

" We formed the band because we wanted to tour. That was our common interest. "

Winston Marshall

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

Winston Marshall

" It's very important, when everyone else seems to be pigeon-holing you, to try and pigeon-hole yourself. "

Winston Marshall

" 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. "

Winston Marshall

" 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. "

Winston Marshall

" We were copying lots of bands, like Avett Brothers and Old Crow Medicine Show. "

Winston Marshall

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

Winston Marshall

" 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

" 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. "

Winston Marshall

" When we first started touring, we were going to these towns we'd never otherwise go to, never otherwise see, and that's sort of why we like being in a band. But we started playing these bigger rooms and not even seeing the towns. "

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