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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.
Alex Kapranos
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Alex Kapranos
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 20
Guitarist
Musician
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Songwriter
Almondsbury
Gloucestershire
Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley
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Fingers
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Limbs
Right
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Disturbing
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