Alex Kapranos quotes - page 2

You really only understand whether a song's good or not when you properly play it out in public for the first time. (Alex Kapranos)
Glasgow's not a media center. When you're there, when you're hanging about, you feel quite detached from musical movements or fashions or anything like that. You do feel quite alone, in a good way. View quote
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Maybe 'Can't Stop Feeling' and 'Turn It On' we'll just release as singles. It's a thing The Beatles used to do which I really loved, the idea of releasing something as a single completely on its own. View quote
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People's musical tastes are fickle, and music can be a fashion. View quote
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There's a character that I play onstage, and I can't let him loose in the supermarket when I'm buying my beans on toast. View quote
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It doesn't matter how adventurous you want to be, you've still got to contain your identity. View quote
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I'm not a food critic, and I'm not really an authority to write anything on food. View quote
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Being in a band didn't buy me my beans on toast! View quote
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I didn't grasp the basic principle of being a promoter, which was: Put on music but also generate an income. I was on the dole most of the time. View quote
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The internet is like a gossipy girls' locker room after school, isn't it? View quote
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Cinema, which is influenced by every single part of life, is direct and reaches you immediately. And writing - the best writing is complex ideas communicated concisely. And music - if it's a good tune, make sure people can bloody hear it. (Alex Kapranos)
It's very rare that a song falls from your mind complete. View quote
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There are loads of bands I'd love to produce. View quote
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