Author: Alex Kapranos

Quotes

If success had come along when I was 17 it would either have killed me or sent me completely mad.

If success had come along when I was 17 it would either have killed me or sent me completely mad.

- Alex Kapranos

The best songwriting comes from being as creative as you can and editing it down to the good bits, essentially.

The best songwriting comes from being as creative as you can and editing it down to the good bits, essentially.

- Alex Kapranos

A lot of food criticism has a similar flavor to it, and I'm probably going to write about it in a different way.

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

I want to make music that will make the blood surge in your veins, music that will get people up and dance.

I want to make music that will make the blood surge in your veins, music that will get people up and dance.

- Alex Kapranos

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.

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.

- Alex Kapranos

You can only begin to be great when you embrace a sense of your own ridiculousness.

You can only begin to be great when you embrace a sense of your own ridiculousness.

- Alex Kapranos

You really only understand whether a song's good or not when you properly play it out in public for the first time.

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

I'm not a food critic, and I'm not really an authority to write anything on food.

I'm not a food critic, and I'm not really an authority to write anything on food.

- Alex Kapranos

People's musical tastes are fickle, and music can be a fashion.

People's musical tastes are fickle, and music can be a fashion.

- Alex Kapranos

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