We always try to make each record a snapshot of the band at that time. Ted Dwane More Quotes by Ted Dwane More Quotes From Ted Dwane Self-awareness is something that we actually actively avoid. Ted Dwane self-awarenessavoidsomething Self-awareness is one of the biggest enemies to creativity. Ted Dwane self-awarenessenemiescreativity Being a bass player in a band without a drummer for seven, eight years has been kind of weird. Ted Dwane weirdbeingdrummerband People don't really need to question our sincerity when it comes to our songs. Ted Dwane questionneedsinceritypeople We're not the first band who went to public school. Ted Dwane firstwhobandschool A lot of the time, if you go into an arena, they're pretty uninspiring. But we try to create an atmosphere. Ted Dwane trygoyoutime If you told me in the '90s that I'd be in a chart battle with Green Day, I probably would have just laughed at you. Ted Dwane daymeyougreen When we made the first album, it was meant to be a snapshot of Mumford & Sons in 2009. Ted Dwane albumfirstmeant-to-bemade I've always thought of faith as an acknowledgment of not being the biggest thing in the universe. Ted Dwane thoughtalwaysuniversefaith When you write on the road, you are restricted to the instruments around you, whereas in the studio, you can plug anything in and try it. Ted Dwane roadanythingtryyou I was a bass guitarist first before I started playing double bass - and I only started playing it because my teacher said I'd get twice as much work, as there's not enough players out there. Ted Dwane enoughsaidworkteacher We never thought we'd be commercially viable, and we were proved wrong. Ted Dwane wrongwereneverthought We don't want to be as big as Oasis! Ted Dwane bigoasiswant We'd never thought we'd get to travel so extensively, meet our heroes, and collaborate with so many people. Ted Dwane neverthoughtpeopletravel We've always imagined ourselves as a rock band. We've always been a rock band playing the wrong instruments. Ted Dwane rockwrongalwaysband We wouldn't last a year on the road playing music that we didn't love. Ted Dwane roadyearmusiclove We're obviously a London band, and British at heart. Ted Dwane britishlondonbandheart We don't sing about eating local produce or growing beards or anything like that. It's funny to find yourself in a position where people associate you with things that are completely arbitrary to your songs. Ted Dwane yourselfyoufunnypeople You can't just repeat. It's valueless. So we - we're really keen to challenge ourselves. I suppose a byproduct of that will be challenging our fans a bit as well. Ted Dwane challengewillyoufans Touring is something I do really well. Ted Dwane reallywellsomethingtouring
