Alex Kapranos

Just because you can leap off a drum kit doing a scissors kick while hitting a ...
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Ideally, musicians belong outside the Establishment. When they cross that line, it's like something in them ...
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There's a difference between expectations and aspirations.

I want to make music that will make the blood surge in your veins, music that ...
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Maybe 'Can't Stop Feeling' and 'Turn It On' we'll just release as singles. It's a thing ...
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A lot of food criticism has a similar flavor to it, and I'm probably going to write about it in a different way.

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.

Arty. To me the word's got as much venom associated with it as 'wacky'.

Ambition is sneered at by some bands. It seems like a pretty good thing to me.

Boho to me is a first-year student who's just discovered the tie-dye shop.

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.

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.

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.'

I think in the world of indie music there's this sort of false modesty.

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

Ideally, musicians belong outside the Establishment. When they cross that line, it's like something in them has died.

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

It doesn't matter how adventurous you want to be, you've still got to contain your identity.

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.

It's very rare that a song falls from your mind complete.

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.

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.

Men behave very oddly in the company of attractive women.

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.

No matter what you do, if you're trying to create something new, your environment has a massive impact on you.

Surely every band wants to be a pivotal point in history.

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

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.

There's a difference between expectations and aspirations.

Why play a chord when you can play one note?