Quotes By Alex Kapranos

There's a difference between expectations and aspirations.

Arty. To me the word's got as much venom associated with it as 'wacky'.

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.

It's very rare that a song falls from your mind complete.

A lot of food criticism has a similar flavor to it, and I'm probably going to write about it in a different way.

There are loads of bands I'd love to produce.

You really only understand whether a song's good or not when you properly play it out in public for the first time.

I think a lot of bands are creatively knackered when they come off tour.

People's musical tastes are fickle, and music can be a fashion.