Words matter. These are the best Alex Kapranos Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
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.
It doesn’t matter how adventurous you want to be, you’ve still got to contain your identity.
A lot of bands have the enthusiasm kicked out of them by playing really dreary pub venues that just churn bands through.
Boho to me is a first-year student who’s just discovered the tie-dye shop.
No matter what you do, if you’re trying to create something new, your environment has a massive impact on you.
Why play a chord when you can play one note?
Being in a band didn’t buy me my beans on toast!
Boredom or being sick of what you’ve done before is a big part of being in a band.
I’m not a food critic, and I’m not really an authority to write anything on food.
I want to make music that will make the blood surge in your veins, music that will get people up and dance.
The best songwriting comes from being as creative as you can and editing it down to the good bits, essentially.
Traditionally, lots of vagrants and unemployable characters wind up working in kitchens.
People’s musical tastes are fickle, and music can be a fashion.
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.
A lot of food criticism has a similar flavor to it, and I’m probably going to write about it in a different way.
There are loads of bands I’d love to produce.
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.
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.’
Surely every band wants to be a pivotal point in history.
Arty. To me the word’s got as much venom associated with it as ‘wacky’.
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.
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.
