Traditionally, lots of vagrants and unemployable characters wind up working in kitchens.
Alex KapranosYou can't write for the cultural environment - if you do that, by the time it comes out, that cultural environment has passed. You have to be aiming for something that's original - that's the only way you can have any kind of impact.
Alex KapranosIt's fine to indulge yourself so long as you don't try and foist it on the rest of the world.
Alex KapranosAnyone 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