Mumford & Sons Quotes
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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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Technically, I suppose I was following all the right behavior patterns of a trustafarian.
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If you can't pigeon-hole yourself, who can you pigeon-hole?
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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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Banjos are funny instruments. They can get pretty irritating.
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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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I want to bring UCB to England. We don't have anything like it.
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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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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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We're not, like, hard men.
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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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The less I try, the cooler I am.
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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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My dream is to tour for 50 years.
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We were copying lots of bands, like Avett Brothers and Old Crow Medicine Show.
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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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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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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 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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England's just very cynical. Like I am. Like we all are.
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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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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.