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" We're not all Christian, so we can't be a Christian band. "

Winston Marshall

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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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" We play the instruments we love. "

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

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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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" 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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" Elton John is an absolute lad. He's a hero. "

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

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

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" England's just very cynical. "

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

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

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" You're always thinking about making new music. "

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

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

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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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