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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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" I regret a couple of wardrobe decisions. "

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

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

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

" 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!' "

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

" Simian Mobile Disco changed my life. They put me onto the EDM world. Although they would hate that term, they're more techno. "

" 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. "

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

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" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" We're all big fans of bluegrass. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" Once you're out there in front of people, I don't think there's any choice than to just give it your all. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I think that's why so many school bands start on guitars: because they hide their mistakes with the distortion. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" '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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