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 Read Quote
The best songwriting comes from being as creative as you can and editing it down to the good bits, essentially. Alex Kapranos Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Traditionally, lots of vagrants and unemployable characters wind up working in kitchens. Alex Kapranos Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote