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You can always have it better. If you try... [This is the right attitude:] Never to feel [completely] satisfied, always to want to do something better!

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Alex Kapranos
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 20
Guitarist
Musician
Singer
Songwriter
Almondsbury
Gloucestershire
Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley
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Always
Completely
Never
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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.
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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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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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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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Ambition is sneered at by some bands. It seems like a pretty good thing to me.
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Boho to me is a first-year student who's just discovered the tie-dye shop.
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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.
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A lot of bands have the enthusiasm kicked out of them by playing really dreary pub venues that just churn bands through.
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There are loads of bands I'd love to produce.
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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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The internet is like a gossipy girls' locker room after school, isn't it?
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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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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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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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I'd rather eat a cow-pat on a bun than a bloody McDonalds.
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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 think in the world of indie music there's this sort of false modesty.
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For me upward social mobility is possible through talent and hard work and is a glowing endorsement of the benefits of living in a modern capitalist society. It's not so much evidence of a meritocracy, as evidence of healthy nepotism. Nepotism is at the core of a good group dynamic. A good group dynamic is at the core of rock'n'roll.
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