Marcus Mumford Quotes

• 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.

  Marcus Mumford

  Heart, Air, People

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• 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

  Marcus Mumford

  Men, He Man, Dismay

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

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  Holiness, Approach, Muster

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• 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.

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  Believe, Thinking, Band

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• 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.

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  Book, Mind, Helpful

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

  Marcus Mumford

  Enemy, Apathy, Bigger

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• 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.

  Marcus Mumford

  Girl, Facts, Accents

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

  Marcus Mumford

  Song, Unique, Crowds

  "Mumford & Sons: sound of the summer". Interview With Alice Fisher, www.theguardian.com. March 29, 2010.

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• When you write a song it's sometimes in a desperate moment whn you can't really articulate it. What I love about lyrics is what T.S. Eliot said: 'Good poetry is felt before it is heard.' I'm a believer in that. It's those moments when you sit yourself down, and talk to yourself in the mirror.

  Marcus Mumford

  Song, Writing, Mirrors

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

  Marcus Mumford

  Country, Writing, Albums

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• The authenticity thing has never been an issue for me.

  Marcus Mumford

  Issues, Authenticity

  "How Mumford & Sons became the biggest band in the world" by Tom Lamont, www.theguardian.com. November 15, 2012.

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

  Marcus Mumford

  Band

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• I don't even call myself a Christian.

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  Christian

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

  Marcus Mumford

  Emotion

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