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

Winston Marshall

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" 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. "

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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. "

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" 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. "

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" It's very important, when everyone else seems to be pigeon-holing you, to try and pigeon-hole yourself. "

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" 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. "

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

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" My dream is to tour for 50 years. "

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

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

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" For me, food and music are very similar in that you create, you spend a lot of time making something, and it only lasts a few seconds or a few minutes. "

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

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

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

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" If you can't pigeon-hole yourself, who can you pigeon-hole? "

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" 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. "

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

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" We play the instruments we love. "

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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. "

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

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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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" It must be tiring being Bob Dylan for the past 50 years. People act like he's not even human, which must be hard work. Every room he walks into just goes quiet. "

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