I have always been fascinated by the concept of the villain and the hero being in one person.
Alex KapranosTraditionally, lots of vagrants and unemployable characters wind up working in kitchens.
Alex KapranosYou really only understand whether a song's good or not when you properly play it out in public for the first time.
Alex KapranosI want to change and try new ideas - allowing your sonic identity to evolve in your music and not being afraid of that. You see musicians hit upon something that works, and then go, "Let's keep doing that for 10 years." And that idea kind of terrifies me a little bit. It becomes like a day job then.
Alex Kapranos