Alex Kapranos
Alex Kapranos
Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley, commonly known as Alex Kapranos, is a British musician, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the Glasgow-based rock band Franz Ferdinand...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth20 March 1972
embrace
You can only begin to be great when you embrace a sense of your own ridiculousness.
impact trying matter
No matter what you do, if you're trying to create something new, your environment has a massive impact on you.
song fall mind
It's very rare that a song falls from your mind complete.
play notes chords
Why play a chord when you can play one note?
ideas feelings singles
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.
alternatives hierarchy type
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.
principles income promoters
I didn't grasp the basic principle of being a promoter, which was: Put on music but also generate an income. I was on the dole most of the time.
impact world want
I really want it to have an impact on the world. I want to be in a town on the other side of the world, and somebody walks up and says, 'That music you made in Glasgow, I listened to it every day, and it moved me.
thinking band
I think a lot of bands are creatively knackered when they come off tour.
thinking world modesty
I think in the world of indie music there's this sort of false modesty.
mcdonalds buns cows
I'd rather eat a cow-pat on a bun than a bloody McDonalds.
teenager fans feels
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.
mad ifs
If success had come along when I was 17 it would either have killed me or sent me completely mad.
couple block lying
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.