Quotes from Alex Kapranos

The internet is like a gossipy girls' locker room after school, isn't it?

There are loads of bands I'd love to produce.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

The best songwriting comes from being as creative as you can and editing it down to the good bits, essentially.

I think in the world of indie music there's this sort of false modesty.

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.

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.

Why play a chord when you can play one note?

Ideally, musicians belong outside the Establishment. When they cross that line, it's like something in them has died.

I want to make music that will make the blood surge in your veins, music that will get people up and dance.

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

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

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