MARCUS MUMFORD

A lot of the time it feels like… music is some sort of excuse to be a human. It’s kind of like people need that excuse to go and put their arms in the air and sing their hearts out.

It's a unique thing to stand in front of a crowd and sing your songs.

I think it was T.S. Eliot who talked about good poetry being felt before it's understood. I believe that. There are some bands where I love their lyrics but I don't have a clue what they're on about.

I'm very English, and we don't talk about emotions publicly.

A lot of the time writers are just sponges... for what's around them, and so books are helpful for focusing your mind and literally putting it into words.

I spent quite a lot of time pissing off my friends because I could get girls with a British accent, despite the fact that I was tubby and, like, not very cool.

Love it will not betray you, dismay or enslave you, it will set you free/to be more like the man you were made to be

The authenticity thing has never been an issue for me.

I don't even call myself a Christian.

Every band I've come across has read more than I have.

Every band I've come across has read more than I have.

It's a unique thing to stand in front of a crowd and sing your songs.

I think it was T.S. Eliot who talked about good poetry being felt before it's understood. I believe that. There are some bands where I love their lyrics but I don't have a clue what they're on about.

A lot of the time writers are just sponges... for what's around them, and so books are helpful for focusing your mind and literally putting it into words.

I'm very English, and we don't talk about emotions publicly.

I don't even call myself a Christian.

I'd love to write a country album with Adele.

The authenticity thing has never been an issue for me.

I spent quite a lot of time pissing off my friends because I could get girls with a British accent, despite the fact that I was tubby and, like, not very cool.

Love it will not betray you, dismay or enslave you, it will set you free/to be more like the man you were made to be

A lot of the time it feels like… music is some sort of excuse to be a human. It’s kind of like people need that excuse to go and put their arms in the air and sing their hearts out.

If only I had an enemy bigger than my apathy I could've won.

I approach my life haphazardly. Not much holiness and only as much wisdom as I can muster.