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'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.
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We called ourselves Mumford & Sons because we liked the idea of an old-fashioned, family-owned store.
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Somebody told me about a band that works out their whole set as if it was one song. They learn the whole set as one piece, so they know how the dynamics of it work. It's really difficult to do, and you can only really do it while you're on tour, as being in a rehearsal studio is not the same as being on stage in front of an audience.
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I think that's why so many school bands start on guitars: because they hide their mistakes with the distortion.
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You're always thinking about making new music.
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We play the instruments we love.
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We're not, like, hard men.
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I regret a couple of wardrobe decisions.
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Things got big quickly for us, and playing arenas... it's like - and every band will tell you this - you don't see any of the town.
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I became obsessed with Simian Mobile Disco's music and poorly attempted to make my own techno music.
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The day we struggle to enjoy what we do and just get the gig over with we'll quit.
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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.
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Irish people never think we're Irish. Americans think we're European or French.
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Technically, I suppose I was following all the right behavior patterns of a trustafarian.
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The less I try, the cooler I am.
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Banjos are funny instruments. They can get pretty irritating.
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If you can't pigeon-hole yourself, who can you pigeon-hole?
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You write in songs what you're too scared to write in real life, and then you sing the songs to loads of people instead of telling it to the person you should be telling it to... Songs are a great way of dealing with those issues but kind of a coward's way as well.
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You can never really tell what your influences are.
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One of the things we say in this band is if it's not fun, it's not worth doing.
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Class is a big issue here. And some people get picked on more than others. I think we probably do. I mean, it doesn't help that we wear waistcoats and tweed the whole time. But there is a reverse snobbishness in England towards that sort of stuff. And I think that's one of the reasons we really enjoy America, 'cos we're classless.
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We're in a long line of English people pretending to be Americans and not being as good as Americans.
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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.
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I've seen the Stones play for three hours, and the crowd knew every song. It's what you want in a headline slot at a festival.
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