“Music should be universal. My life perspective, my lifestyle - I'm not going to impose that on the people that listen to my music. That's kind of a perverse form of snobbery I like to reject.” PeopleKindPerspectiveLifestyle Author:Alex Kapranos
“I want to make music that will make the blood surge in your veins, music that will get people up and dance.” PeopleWantInspirationalBloodDanceVeins Author:Alex Kapranos
“You're letting such a fragile side of yourself out when you're creating or writing music. To do that with people who are almost strangers would seem very strange to me. I think that we're very lucky that we're quite close. To us, it's almost like the band is the grandest possible adventure you can go on with your friends. It's really really exciting.” PeopleThinkingWritingSeemsSidesStrangeAdventureGoes OnLuckyBandCreatingExcitingStrangerFragileWriting Music Author: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!” PeopleIfsWritingIdeasLife IsDirectComplexesCinemaTunesBloodyParts Of Life Author: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.” PeopleIdeasPartyComfortableKicksLeapHittingChordsExtrovertsSmall TalkScissors Author:Alex Kapranos
“People's musical tastes are fickle, and music can be a fashion.” PeopleFashionTasteMusicalFickleMusical Taste Author:Alex Kapranos
