88 Quotes by Alex Kapranos

Being in a band didn’t buy me my beans on toast!

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

There are loads of bands I’d love to produce.

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

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.

If I was a fan of someone as a teenager, then it’s OK for me to feel completely in awe when I meet them.

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.'