"There was a whole language that I could never make function for myself in relationship to painting, and that was attitudes like tortured, struggle, pain."

“They hold a grudge like it was their family treasure.”

Source : Ilona Andrews (2010). “Bayou Moon”, p.90, Penguin

“America wasn't interested in the roots of house music because it was too black, it was too gay, it was all these things, and today it's made very sanitized and white.”

Source : Source: www.buzzfeed.com

“Even if your body doesn't work the way it used to, the heart and the mind and the spirit are not diminished.”

“You play to win the game.”

“For me, it's very childish to tour on a train. And I think that's a powerful quality, to inspire childishness.”

Source : "On the Train with Mumford & Edward Sharpe Tour". Interview with Barry Walters, www.spin.com. April 27, 2011.

“Why is America such a great country. It is because we stand united.”

“They are slaves who fear to speak, for the fallen and the weak.”

“I've seen so many horrible and awful results and consequences of people practicing alcoholism. It's murder, I've seen that. I've seen a lot of suicides, a lot of strange sins.”