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.
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, as… - 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, as…
- Alex Kapranos
There's a difference between expectations and aspirations. - Alex Kapranos
There's a difference between expectations and aspirations.
Boredom or being sick of what you've done before is a big part of being in a band. - Alex Kapranos
Boredom or being sick of what you've done before is a big part of being in a band.
You can't write for the cultural environment - if you do that, by the time it comes out, that cultural environment has passed. You have to be aiming … - Alex Kapranos
You can't write for the cultural environment - if you do that, by the time it comes out, that cultural environment has passed. You have to be aiming …
It doesn't matter how adventurous you want to be, you've still got to contain your identity. - Alex Kapranos
It doesn't matter how adventurous you want to be, you've still got to contain your identity.
The best songwriting comes from being as creative as you can and editing it down to the good bits, essentially. - Alex Kapranos
The best songwriting comes from being as creative as you can and editing it down to the good bits, essentially.
Surely every band wants to be a pivotal point in history. - Alex Kapranos
Surely every band wants to be a pivotal point in history.
No matter what you do, if you're trying to create something new, your environment has a massive impact on you. - Alex Kapranos
No matter what you do, if you're trying to create something new, your environment has a massive impact on you.
You can only begin to be great when you embrace a sense of your own ridiculousness. - Alex Kapranos
You can only begin to be great when you embrace a sense of your own ridiculousness.
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