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" We never could have foreseen the success of 'Babel.' It's not like banjo records were soaring up the charts, you know. "

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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. "

" We were thrilled when we were nominated for best new artist at the Grammys, but we were even more so when they asked us to play live. "

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" We're obviously a London band, and British at heart. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" You look at the instrumentation, and you can't really argue that we set out with commercial aspirations. Banjos and things like that are not part of some formula for global success. But it felt right, and I think there's some value to purity of intention. "

" You can't really opt into something you don't believe in. "

" 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.' "

" Self-awareness is one of the biggest enemies to creativity. "

" We don't want to be as big as Oasis! "

" We don't read a lot of what people say about us. "

" 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.' "

" Sticking to our guns creatively is the only way we'll ever survive as a band and be happy. "

" 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. "

" Self-awareness is something that we actually actively avoid. "

" We have big limitations by not having a drummer. It instantly informs a lot of our musical decisions when it comes to writing. What we end up coming out with is not very cerebral music. "

" We're not the first band who went to public school. "

" We don't make music except for the joy of making music, really - and meeting people and sharing ideas. "

" People don't really need to question our sincerity when it comes to our songs. "

" We're a restless bunch, and we have a lot of energy - we're never going to stand still. "

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" A lot of the time, if you go into an arena, they're pretty uninspiring. But we try to create an atmosphere. "

" We've always imagined ourselves as a rock band. We've always been a rock band playing the wrong instruments. "