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I'd rather eat a cow-pat on a bun than a bloody McDonalds.

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Alex Kapranos
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 20
Guitarist
Musician
Singer
Songwriter
Almondsbury
Gloucestershire
Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley
Rather
Buns
Cows
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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 very rare that a song falls from your mind complete.
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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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If success had come along when I was 17 it would either have killed me or sent me completely mad.
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