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

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" 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. "

" Ninety percent of the time, I'm sitting in a bus driving through some place like the Colorado mountains and thinking, 'Wow, we're not in a pub in London anymore.' "

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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. "

" Being a bass player in a band without a drummer for seven, eight years has been kind of weird. "

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