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

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Alex Kapranos
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 20
Guitarist
Musician
Singer
Songwriter
Almondsbury
Gloucestershire
Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley
Surge
Veins
Dance
Blood
Inspirational
Music
Make
People

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I want to change and try new ideas - allowing your sonic identity to evolve in your music and not being afraid of that. You see musicians hit upon something that works, and then go, Let's keep doing that for 10 years. And that idea kind of terrifies me a little bit. It becomes like a day job then.
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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.'
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It's very rare that a song falls from your mind complete.
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Boredom or being sick of what you've done before is a big part of being in a band.
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I have always been fascinated by the concept of the villain and the hero being in one person.
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It doesn't matter how adventurous you want to be, you've still got to contain your identity.
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Surely every band wants to be a pivotal point in history.
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Being in a band didn't buy me my beans on toast!
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Traditionally, lots of vagrants and unemployable characters wind up working in kitchens.
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There's a difference between expectations and aspirations.
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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.
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People's musical tastes are fickle, and music can be a fashion.
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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.
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I'd rather eat a cow-pat on a bun than a bloody McDonalds.
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The Beatles were huge for me, ... I used to jump around the room to the red album, the one with all the early hits on it. It made you feel euphoric. It was a sensation I couldn't get from anything else, whether it was playing football, swimming or even seeing 'Star Wars.'
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Anyone can play an instrument if you show them how to move their limbs, lips or fingers the right way. It's irrelevant. What is relevant is personality, energy, creativity and disturbing sense of humour.
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No matter what you do, if you're trying to create something new, your environment has a massive impact on you.
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The best songwriting comes from being as creative as you can and editing it down to the good bits, essentially.
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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.
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