Words matter. These are the best Winston Marshall Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
England’s just very cynical. Like I am. Like we all are.
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.
I’m a modern-day renaissance man.
We get accused of inauthenticity because we play the instruments we play.
The day we struggle to enjoy what we do and just get the gig over with we’ll quit.
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.
You can never really tell what your influences are.
The less I try, the cooler I am.
You’re always thinking about making new music.
I don’t understand how those old bands did it. We worked out early on that if we did three gigs in a row and went out afterwards, we’d lose our voices. We know our limits.
It must be tiring being Bob Dylan for the past 50 years. People act like he’s not even human, which must be hard work. Every room he walks into just goes quiet.
We know what we like in music, and we got into music to try and give back what we got out of it.
We’re in a long line of English people pretending to be Americans and not being as good as Americans.
It’s very important, when everyone else seems to be pigeon-holing you, to try and pigeon-hole yourself.
We called ourselves Mumford & Sons because we liked the idea of an old-fashioned, family-owned store.
Banjos, dobros, and acoustic guitars are not our first instruments.
Every day is a learning day.
Banjos are funny instruments. They can get pretty irritating.
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.
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.
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.
We look at our albums as stand-alone pieces of art and also as adverts for our live shows.
Elton John is an absolute lad. He’s a hero.
England’s just very cynical.
Simian Mobile Disco changed my life. They put me onto the EDM world. Although they would hate that term, they’re more techno.
