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

Winston Marshall

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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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" We play the instruments we love. "

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" You write in songs what you're too scared to write in real life, and then you sing the songs to loads of people instead of telling it to the person you should be telling it to... Songs are a great way of dealing with those issues but kind of a coward's way as well. "

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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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" Do you know what the key to comedy is? Timing. "

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

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

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

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

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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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" 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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" 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

" We're not all Christian, so we can't be a Christian band. "

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" I regret a couple of wardrobe decisions. "

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

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

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

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