Quotes from Winston Marshall

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.

We like being English, but we're not that patriotic.

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're all big fans of bluegrass.

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.

I regret a couple of wardrobe decisions.

The New Lost City Ramblers are a very good comparison, actually. They really took the music seriously, and we take the music very seriously. But we don't take ourselves seriously at all.

The less I try, the cooler I am.

We were copying lots of bands, like Avett Brothers and Old Crow Medicine Show.

England's just very cynical. Like I am. Like we all are.

England's just very cynical.

We're in a long line of English people pretending to be Americans and not being as good as Americans.

Every day is a learning day.

We don't want to be part of some Tidal 'streaming revolution,' nor do we want to be Taylor Swift and be anti-it.

Technically, I suppose I was following all the right behavior patterns of a trustafarian.

I became obsessed with Simian Mobile Disco's music and poorly attempted to make my own techno music.

Simian Mobile Disco changed my life. They put me onto the EDM world. Although they would hate that term, they're more techno.

We formed the band because we wanted to tour. That was our common interest.

'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.

The day we struggle to enjoy what we do and just get the gig over with we'll quit.

2014 was a pretty bad year for me. Quite a lot of loss.

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.

It's always great to see grey hairs in a crowd; people who are older have been to a lot more gigs than the kids; they've seen everything, so seeing them in the crowd means we've earned their applause.

I think we're all guilty of it as British citizens: if something gets big, we go, 'Ugh.'