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

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

" As soon as we started playing sports arenas, we thought how great it would be if we could instead play to 25,000 people in our own way - a way we can control it so there's not all kinds of company branding around the show - and do it in a way that celebrates the community. "

" Because we are four creative people - four writers - there was no way that we were ever going to be satiated doing the same thing over and again. Change was inevitable for us. And a very natural thing. "

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" It's strange to think about the scathing reviews 'Sigh No More' got and then consider that we could win best album a year or so later. "

" We were proud of our first two records, but the parameters were pretty narrow. We didn't have full drums, for example. There were just so many limitations to that setup, and we really fully explored them. "

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" We always try to make each record a snapshot of the band at that time. "

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

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

" There's a point with every record we've made that the album starts to assert its identity, and I think that's kind of what happened with 'The Wolf.' "

" None of us had really any interest in doing a sort of 'Babel 2.' "

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" In December 2010, we embarked on a slightly strange tour of India. We played every kind of gig you could imagine over two weeks, from sports bars to hotel bars to a beautiful outdoor amphitheatre. "

" We never thought we'd be commercially viable, and we were proved wrong. "

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" 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. "