Mumford & Sons Quotes
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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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One of the things we say in this band is if it's not fun, it's not worth doing.
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Banjos are funny instruments. They can get pretty irritating.
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Technically, I suppose I was following all the right behavior patterns of a trustafarian.
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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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If you can't pigeon-hole yourself, who can you pigeon-hole?
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The less I try, the cooler I am.
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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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I want to bring UCB to England. We don't have anything like it.
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You can never really tell what your influences are.
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2014 was a pretty bad year for me. Quite a lot of loss.
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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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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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For me, food and music are very similar in that you create, you spend a lot of time making something, and it only lasts a few seconds or a few minutes.
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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.
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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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My dream is to tour for 50 years.
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We know what we like in music, and we got into music to try and give back what we got out of it.
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We don't want to be part of some Tidal 'streaming revolution,' nor do we want to be Taylor Swift and be anti-it.
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When we first started touring, we were going to these towns we'd never otherwise go to, never otherwise see, and that's sort of why we like being in a band. But we started playing these bigger rooms and not even seeing the towns.
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We like being English, but we're not that patriotic.
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Once you're out there in front of people, I don't think there's any choice than to just give it your all.
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We were copying lots of bands, like Avett Brothers and Old Crow Medicine Show.
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England's just very cynical. Like I am. Like we all are.