Winston Marshall

“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.”

“I'm a modern-day renaissance man.”

“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.”

“We play the instruments we love.”

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

“You can never really tell what your influences are.”

“We're all big fans of bluegrass.”

“Banjos are funny instruments. They can get pretty irritating.”

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

“Every day is a learning day.”

“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.”

“Once you're out there in front of people, I don't think there's any choice than to just give it your all.”

“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.”

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

“If you can't pigeon-hole yourself, who can you pigeon-hole?”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“You're always thinking about making new music.”