Quotes from Winston Marshall

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.

We're a pretty emotional bunch. You know, someone doesn't say hello to you one day and you're like, 'I cannot believe the gall!'

I think that's why so many school bands start on guitars: because they hide their mistakes with the distortion.

Do you know what the key to comedy is? Timing.

Somebody told me about a band that works out their whole set as if it was one song. They learn the whole set as one piece, so they know how the dynamics of it work. It's really difficult to do, and you can only really do it while you're on tour, as being in a rehearsal studio is not the same as being on stage in front of an audience.

I'm a modern-day renaissance man.

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.

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.

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.

You can never really tell what your influences are.

We play the instruments we love.

We get accused of inauthenticity because we play the instruments we play.

Banjos, dobros, and acoustic guitars are not our first instruments.

Irish people never think we're Irish. Americans think we're European or French.

Banjos are funny instruments. They can get pretty irritating.

The trick to techno, as a connoisseur, is that you got to do two things: keep your hands down and your mouth shut.

Elton John is an absolute lad. He's a hero.

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.

You're always thinking about making new music.

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.

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.

Banjos are used in Celtic, English folk music and obviously American music. But not that much in pop music. But it's more versatile than people realise it to be. It's a beautiful instrument, very rhythmic and melodic. You can do anything with it.

Just being thought of as a Christian is pretty annoying. Not that there's anything wrong with it. But just being told you're anything when you're not.

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.