A lot of food criticism has a similar flavor to it, and I’m probably going to write about it in a different way. – 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. – Alex Kapranos
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.’ – Alex Kapranos
The best songwriting comes from being as creative as you can and editing it down to the good bits, essentially. – Alex Kapranos
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. – Alex Kapranos
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. – Alex Kapranos
I want to make music that will make the blood surge in your veins, music that will get people up and dance. – Alex Kapranos
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
Ideally, musicians belong outside the Establishment. When they cross that line, it’s like something in them has died. – Alex Kapranos
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. – Alex Kapranos
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. – Alex Kapranos
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. – Alex Kapranos
It doesn’t matter how adventurous you want to be, you’ve still got to contain your identity. – Alex Kapranos
No matter what you do, if you’re trying to create something new, your environment has a massive impact on you. – Alex Kapranos
