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Inspirational Quotes by Alex Kapranos
- Surely every band wants to be a pivotal point in history.
- I have always been fascinated by the concept of the villain and the hero being in one person.
- Ambition is sneered at by some bands. It seems like a pretty good thing to me.
- Being in a band didn't buy me my beans on toast!
- I didn't grasp the basic principle of being a promoter, which was: Put on music but also generate an income. I was on the dole…
- I think a lot of bands are creatively knackered when they come off tour.
- I think in the world of indie music there's this sort of false modesty.
- I'm not a food critic, and I'm not really an authority to write anything on food.
- If success had come along when I was 17 it would either have killed me or sent me completely mad.
- The best songwriting comes from being as creative as you can and editing it down to the good bits, essentially.
- You can only begin to be great when you embrace a sense of your own ridiculousness.
- It's very rare that a song falls from your mind complete.
- There's a difference between expectations and aspirations.
- Arty. To me the word's got as much venom associated with it as 'wacky'.
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- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
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