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

Winston Marshall

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" If you can't pigeon-hole yourself, who can you pigeon-hole? "

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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. "

Winston Marshall

" We're in a long line of English people pretending to be Americans and not being as good as Americans. "

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" It's very important, when everyone else seems to be pigeon-holing you, to try and pigeon-hole yourself. "

Winston Marshall

" The trick to techno, as a connoisseur, is that you got to do two things: keep your hands down and your mouth shut. "

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" New York - it's the center of the world. "

Winston Marshall

" We get accused of inauthenticity because we play the instruments we play. "

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" The less I try, the cooler I am. "

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" England's just very cynical. "

Winston Marshall

" This is how people are going to listen to music now - streaming. So diversify as a band. It doesn't mean selling your songs to adverts. "

Winston Marshall

" We're not, like, hard men. "

Winston Marshall

" 'Babel' is a continuation of a project; it's not like now we are more theatrical. We've grown up, seen places, been places, and that is shown in this album. "

Winston Marshall

" I want to bring UCB to England. We don't have anything like it. "

Winston Marshall

" Once you're out there in front of people, I don't think there's any choice than to just give it your all. "

Winston Marshall

" You can never really tell what your influences are. "

Winston Marshall

" 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. "

Winston Marshall

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

Winston Marshall

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

Winston Marshall

" Just being thought of as a Christian is pretty annoying. Not that there's anything wrong with it. But just being told you're anything when you're not. "

Winston Marshall

" Do you know what the key to comedy is? Timing. "

Winston Marshall

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

Winston Marshall

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

Winston Marshall

" The New Lost City Ramblers are a very good comparison, actually. They really took the music seriously, and we take the music very seriously. But we don't take ourselves seriously at all. "

Winston Marshall

" We know what we like in music, and we got into music to try and give back what we got out of it. "

Winston Marshall

" It's always great to see grey hairs in a crowd; people who are older have been to a lot more gigs than the kids; they've seen everything, so seeing them in the crowd means we've earned their applause. "

Winston Marshall

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

Winston Marshall

" England's just very cynical. Like I am. Like we all are. "

Winston Marshall

" 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. "

Winston Marshall

" My dream is to tour for 50 years. "

Winston Marshall

" The thing about Nashville that's amazing is everyone plays... so you don't meet up for a drink, you meet up for a pick. It's an incredibly creative town, just bubbling with energy. "

Winston Marshall