There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking.

If anyone asks you what kind of music you play, tell him 'pop.' Don't tell him 'rock'n'roll' or they won't even let you in the hotel.

I'd call what I do pop music, but it's folky and electronic and it doesn't really sound like much else.

We're not uncomfortable with it, and we've already been through enough of the music business where I'm not really worried that commercial success is going to in some way - we're already past saving, you know what I mean? It's too late for us.

A verbal art like poetry is reflective it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become.

Mumford & Sons' music appeals to a lot of America. I'm really proud of them.

To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we must be able to guess what will interest we must learn to read the childish soul as we might a piece of music. Then, by simply changing the key, we keep up the attraction and vary the song.

Men are wary of me because they know, by listening to my music, that a relationship with me will be quite deep.

I've been all over the world. I love New York, I love Paris, San Francisco, so many places. But there's no place like New Orleans. It's got the best food. It's got the best music. It's got the best people. It's got the most fun stuff to do.

I'm quite private. And I never wanted to be the biggest star in the world, really. So in that sense I've got a good balance of doing great shows, of making an appearance every now and then and writing music, and I don't really have to do much else.