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" When we made the first album, it was meant to be a snapshot of Mumford & Sons in 2009. "

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" We have this spirit that's just uncrushable. "

" 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. "

" We really believe in our music, and it's still heartening to know that it's appreciated, and that's what sticks. "

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

" I play the drums really, really badly. "

" When you write on the road, you are restricted to the instruments around you, whereas in the studio, you can plug anything in and try it. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" As humans, we're such a discontented species. We're always trying to further ourselves, and you get all the way to the moon, and then it's just discontent. You want to go to Mars. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Most people overcome something terrible at some point in their lives. "

" You leave school, work terrible jobs to pay rent, and that's when you start finding your way in music and forming bands. "

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

" Touring is something I do really well. "

" If you told me in the '90s that I'd be in a chart battle with Green Day, I probably would have just laughed at you. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" There's definitely a negative correlation between the higher the profile and the enjoyment of the gig. "

" You can't just repeat. It's valueless. So we - we're really keen to challenge ourselves. I suppose a byproduct of that will be challenging our fans a bit as well. "

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

" Being a bass player in a band without a drummer for seven, eight years has been kind of weird. "

" 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.' "

" We wouldn't last a year on the road playing music that we didn't love. "