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" We're all big fans of bluegrass. "

Winston Marshall

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" 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. "

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" I cut off my dreadlocks, but I couldn't face throwing them away. They were so hard to grow, man. There's a lot of work goes into those things. Some people keep a diary or a photo album to remind them of their past lives - well, I've got hair. Who knows? One day, maybe my grandchildren might want to see it. "

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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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" Every day is a learning day. "

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" Banjos, dobros, and acoustic guitars are not our first instruments. "

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" 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. "

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" My dream is to tour for 50 years. "

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

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

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

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" I don't understand how those old bands did it. We worked out early on that if we did three gigs in a row and went out afterwards, we'd lose our voices. We know our limits. "

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" We called ourselves Mumford & Sons because we liked the idea of an old-fashioned, family-owned store. "

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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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" 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. "

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" Do you know what the key to comedy is? Timing. "

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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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" I'm a modern-day renaissance man. "

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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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" 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. "

Winston Marshall

" 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. "

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

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