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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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Alex Kapranos
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 20
Guitarist
Musician
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Almondsbury
Gloucestershire
Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley
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