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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. "

Winston Marshall

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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. "

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

" Banjos are used in Celtic, English folk music and obviously American music. But not that much in pop music. But it's more versatile than people realise it to be. It's a beautiful instrument, very rhythmic and melodic. You can do anything with it. "

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

" We know what we like in music, and we got into music to try and give back what we got out of it. "

" 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'm a modern-day renaissance man. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

Winston Marshall

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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. "

" We like being English, but we're not that patriotic. "

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

Winston Marshall

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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. "

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

" The less I try, the cooler I am. "

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

" I regret a couple of wardrobe decisions. "

" 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 formed the band because we wanted to tour. That was our common interest. "

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

Winston Marshall

England

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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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

Winston Marshall

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

" 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. "

" I became obsessed with Simian Mobile Disco's music and poorly attempted to make my own techno music. "