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" 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. "

Ted Dwane

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

" 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.' "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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'd never thought we'd get to travel so extensively, meet our heroes, and collaborate with so many people. "

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

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" 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. "

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" Can't cook. Can't, I dunno, do paperwork. I don't know, what else can't we do? I'm not to be trusted with other people's animals. "

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

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" 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. "