Mumford & Sons Quotes
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Irish people never think we're Irish. Americans think we're European or French.
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We're not all Christian, so we can't be a Christian band.
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The energy in the banjo, and the beef in the bass. They're good tools to express yourself.
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I'm very English, and we don't talk about emotions publicly.
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I'm a modern-day renaissance man.
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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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I regret a couple of wardrobe decisions.
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A lot of the time writers are just sponges... for what's around them, and so books are helpful for focusing your mind and literally putting it into words.
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A lot of the time it feels like… music is some sort of excuse to be a human. It’s kind of like people need that excuse to go and put their arms in the air and sing their hearts out.
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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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It's very important, when everyone else seems to be pigeon-holing you, to try and pigeon-hole yourself.
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'Beneath the Piano' by The Devil Makes Three somehow reminds me of an old Johnny Cash song. The song is a lot of fun and tells a story.
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Every band I've come across has read more than I have.
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If only I had an enemy bigger than my apathy I could've won.
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Some people like the same thing forever, but I don't know. We kind of, like, listen to loads of different stuff, and our attention spans aren't good enough. So there was a bit of frustration when you're, like, having to play the same thing all the time because we play all, like, loads of different instruments.
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I approach my life haphazardly. Not much holiness and only as much wisdom as I can muster.
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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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We get accused of inauthenticity because we play the instruments we play.
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It's a unique thing to stand in front of a crowd and sing your songs.
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You're always thinking about making new music.
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I don't even call myself a Christian.
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We formed the band because we wanted to tour. That was our common interest.
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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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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.