Alex Kapranos

No matter what you do, if you're trying to create something new, your environment has a massive impact on you. ↗

— Alex Kapranos

#environment #impact #massive #matter #new

There's a difference between expectations and aspirations. ↗

— Alex Kapranos

#between #difference #expectations

A lot of bands have the enthusiasm kicked out of them by playing really dreary pub venues that just churn bands through. ↗

— Alex Kapranos

#dreary #enthusiasm #just #kicked #lot

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

— Alex Kapranos

#criticism #different #different way #flavor #food

Ambition is sneered at by some bands. It seems like a pretty good thing to me. ↗

— Alex Kapranos

#bands #good #good thing #like #me

Being in a band didn't buy me my beans on toast! ↗

— Alex Kapranos

#beans #being #buy #me #toast

Boho to me is a first-year student who's just discovered the tie-dye shop. ↗

— Alex Kapranos

#just #me #shop #student #who

Boredom or being sick of what you've done before is a big part of being in a band. ↗

— Alex Kapranos

#before #being #big #boredom #done

Glasgow's not a media center. When you're there, when you're hanging about, you feel quite detached from musical movements or fashions or anything like that. You do feel quite alone, in a good way. ↗

— Alex Kapranos

#alone #anything #center #detached #fashions

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

— Alex Kapranos

#associated #got #me #much #venom