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

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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.' "

" 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. "

" Because we are four creative people - four writers - there was no way that we were ever going to be satiated doing the same thing over and again. Change was inevitable for us. And a very natural thing. "

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

" We're a restless bunch, and we have a lot of energy - we're never going to stand still. "

" Self-awareness is something that we actually actively avoid. "

" We always try to make each record a snapshot of the band at that time. "

" There's definitely a negative correlation between the higher the profile and the enjoyment of the gig. "

" Without a drummer, you've got that sort of running, chicken-chasing, rhythmic thing happening with the banjo in the top end - it's what gives our music a lot of its momentum, a lot of its energy. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I don't know many artists who've managed to go a career without bringing these things up. Saying the word 'God,' 'Jesus' - it happens in a million rock songs. "

" We've always imagined ourselves as a rock band. We've always been a rock band playing the wrong instruments. "

" We have this spirit that's just uncrushable. "

" 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. "

" A lot of the time, if you go into an arena, they're pretty uninspiring. But we try to create an atmosphere. "

" We really believe in our music, and it's still heartening to know that it's appreciated, and that's what sticks. "

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

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

" 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. "

" We wouldn't last a year on the road playing music that we didn't love. "

" I think it's a great story, the story of Babel. I think anyone can direct it as an analogy for a lot of different situations. "

" When you write on the road, you are restricted to the instruments around you, whereas in the studio, you can plug anything in and try it. "

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

" 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. "

" Touring is something I do really well. "

" 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. "

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

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