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" We're not all Christian, so we can't be a Christian band. "
Winston Marshall
Band
Christian
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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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" The New Lost City Ramblers are a very good comparison, actually. They really took the music seriously, and we take the music very seriously. But we don't take ourselves seriously at all. "
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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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" This is how people are going to listen to music now - streaming. So diversify as a band. It doesn't mean selling your songs to adverts. "
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" We formed the band because we wanted to tour. That was our common interest. "
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Tour
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" If you can't pigeon-hole yourself, who can you pigeon-hole? "
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" Every day is a learning day. "
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Every
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" We play the instruments we love. "
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" We like being English, but we're not that patriotic. "
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" Simian Mobile Disco changed my life. They put me onto the EDM world. Although they would hate that term, they're more techno. "
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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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American
People
You
" 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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You
Real Life
" Elton John is an absolute lad. He's a hero. "
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Lad
Hero
He
" 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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Hard Work
Past
Work
" We look at our albums as stand-alone pieces of art and also as adverts for our live shows. "
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Art
Pieces
Our
" 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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People
Day
Hair
" We called ourselves Mumford & Sons because we liked the idea of an old-fashioned, family-owned store. "
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Old-Fashioned
Because
Idea
" England's just very cynical. "
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England
Cynical
Just
" 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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America
Good
People
" The less I try, the cooler I am. "
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I Am
Less
Cooler
" I'm a modern-day renaissance man. "
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Modern-Day
Man
Renaissance
" Irish people never think we're Irish. Americans think we're European or French. "
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People
Think
Never
" I think we're all guilty of it as British citizens: if something gets big, we go, 'Ugh.' "
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Think
I Think
" You're always thinking about making new music. "
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New
Thinking
" Banjos, dobros, and acoustic guitars are not our first instruments. "
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" You can never really tell what your influences are. "
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" The day we struggle to enjoy what we do and just get the gig over with we'll quit. "
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Struggle
Just
Over