Alex Kapranos quotes

There's a difference between expectations and aspirations. (Alex Kapranos)
I want to make music that will make the blood surge in your veins, music that will get people up and dance.
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I think in the world of indie music there's this sort of false modesty.
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Of course, there's a certain type of person who feels that anything which becomes mainstream has to be rejected immediately. And that's part of the indie-alternative snobbery and hierarchy and elitism.
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Arty. To me the word's got as much venom associated with it as 'wacky'.
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The best songwriting comes from being as creative as you can and editing it down to the good bits, essentially.
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No matter what you do, if you're trying to create something new, your environment has a massive impact on you.
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You can only begin to be great when you embrace a sense of your own ridiculousness.
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Surely every band wants to be a pivotal point in history.
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Although they might not admit it, I think girls are very aware of the impact that they're having. But they never feel it themselves, and it's impossible to explain. It's like trying to tell a blind person what yellow is.
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Ambition is sneered at by some bands. It seems like a pretty good thing to me. (Alex Kapranos)
It's easy to be lazy when there's food lying around backstage or there's a fast-food joint a couple blocks away. But if you walk a little further, ask around a bit, of course there are exciting things to discover.
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Boredom or being sick of what you've done before is a big part of being in a band.
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If I was a fan of someone as a teenager, then it's OK for me to feel completely in awe when I meet them.
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Traditionally, lots of vagrants and unemployable characters wind up working in kitchens.
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A lot of bands have the enthusiasm kicked out of them by playing really dreary pub venues that just churn bands through.
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A lot of food criticism has a similar flavor to it, and I'm probably going to write about it in a different way.
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Just because you can leap off a drum kit doing a scissors kick while hitting a chord, people expect you to be an extrovert socially. But I'm not always comfortable with the idea of small talk at a party.
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If success had come along when I was 17 it would either have killed me or sent me completely mad.
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I really want it to have an impact on the world. I want to be in a town on the other side of the world, and somebody walks up and says, 'That music you made in Glasgow, I listened to it every day, and it moved me.'
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I'd rather eat a cow-pat on a bun than a bloody McDonalds. (Alex Kapranos)
Why play a chord when you can play one note?
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I think a lot of bands are creatively knackered when they come off tour.
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Men behave very oddly in the company of attractive women.
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Boho to me is a first-year student who's just discovered the tie-dye shop.
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