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" There's a point with every record we've made that the album starts to assert its identity, and I think that's kind of what happened with 'The Wolf.' "
Ted Dwane
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" We've always imagined ourselves as a rock band. We've always been a rock band playing the wrong instruments. "
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" We started off as Marcus Mumford, which is our singer's name. But then it very quickly became apparent it wasn't really a one-man thing: it was indeed a band. We wanted to give the impression of a family business, and we just liked the ring of Mumford & Sons. "
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" We wouldn't last a year on the road playing music that we didn't love. "
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" Self-awareness is something that we actually actively avoid. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" We'd never thought we'd get to travel so extensively, meet our heroes, and collaborate with so many people. "
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" It's strange to think about the scathing reviews 'Sigh No More' got and then consider that we could win best album a year or so later. "
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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.' "
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" Being a bass player in a band without a drummer for seven, eight years has been kind of weird. "
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" Whether people jump up and down when they see us or are completely quiet, it just feels really good that they're connecting. "
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" We have this spirit that's just uncrushable. "
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" We're obviously a London band, and British at heart. "
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" Can't cook. Can't, I dunno, do paperwork. I don't know, what else can't we do? I'm not to be trusted with other people's animals. "
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" 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. "
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" Touring is something I do really well. "
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" You leave school, work terrible jobs to pay rent, and that's when you start finding your way in music and forming bands. "
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