88 Quotes by Alex Kapranos

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

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.

Men behave very oddly in the company of attractive women.

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.

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.

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

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

Why play a chord when you can play one note?