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" Whether people jump up and down when they see us or are completely quiet, it just feels really good that they're connecting. "

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

" There's not a lot to hide behind when you make the sort of music we make. "

" We started off as Marcus Mumford, which is our singer's name. But then it very quickly became apparent it wasn't really a one-man thing: it was indeed a band. We wanted to give the impression of a family business, and we just liked the ring of Mumford & Sons. "

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

" I think it's a great story, the story of Babel. I think anyone can direct it as an analogy for a lot of different situations. "

" You can't really opt into something you don't believe in. "

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

" Ninety percent of the time, I'm sitting in a bus driving through some place like the Colorado mountains and thinking, 'Wow, we're not in a pub in London anymore.' "

" A lot of the time, if you go into an arena, they're pretty uninspiring. But we try to create an atmosphere. "

" 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. "

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

" We're not the first band who went to public school. "

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

" Sticking to our guns creatively is the only way we'll ever survive as a band and be happy. "

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

" We don't want to be as big as Oasis! "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Touring is something I do really well. "

" We kind of are Okies at heart. I don't really know what an Okie is, but I feel like one. "

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