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

Winston Marshall

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

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" I play banjo, and in Britain, it's easy to get away with playing banjo because you don't often see it on U.K. stages. In America, people know when you're a good banjo player, so I was really nervous about playing out there. But we actually went down really well. "

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