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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. "

Winston Marshall

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

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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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" I want to bring UCB to England. We don't have anything like it. "

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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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" I think we're all guilty of it as British citizens: if something gets big, we go, 'Ugh.' "

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

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

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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. "

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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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" My dream is to tour for 50 years. "

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

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" We play the instruments we love. "

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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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" 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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" 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 look at our albums as stand-alone pieces of art and also as adverts for our live shows. "

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

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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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" We called ourselves Mumford & Sons because we liked the idea of an old-fashioned, family-owned store. "

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

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" You can never really tell what your influences are. "

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

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