I want to make music that will make the blood surge in your veins, music that will get people up and dance.
From Alex Kapranos
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.'
Being in a band didn't buy me my beans on toast!
Although they might not admit it, I think girls are very aware of the impact that they're having. But they never feel it themselves, and it's impossible to explain. It's like trying to tell a blind person what yellow is.
Men behave very oddly in the company of attractive women.
Surely every band wants to be a pivotal point in history.
Cinema, which is influenced by every single part of life, is direct and reaches you immediately. And writing - the best writing is complex ideas communicated concisely. And music - if it's a good tune, make sure people can bloody hear it.
Ambition is sneered at by some bands. It seems like a pretty good thing to me.
No matter what you do, if you're trying to create something new, your environment has a massive impact on you.
Why play a chord when you can play one note?
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