Chris Martin Quotes
Before our albums are released I feel like we still own it, that we have control over our music. But once it's out there in the world it's no longer ours.
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I have said this many times, that there seems to be enough room in the world for mediocre men, but not for mediocre women, and we really have to work very, very hard.
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I'm always about, 'What is the most productive version of what I'm putting into the world?' Something that can be engaged by all folks. I don't have to change everyone.
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I actually spend very little time listening to any new music.
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There's so much music in Austin, and it's all so different.
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I don't care about what people might call my style. It's just like when people call my music 'jangly,' 'dream,' 'oceanside,' whatever - I don't care. I'm just wearing whatever I can scrap together.
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Young kids should be doing music that has shock value. They'll grow out of it.
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I guess my favorite artists are The White Stripes or Tom Waits. The more theatrical the music is, the more I get into it. I also like the quieter folk music, that kind of old-school rockabilly or country. I'm not really picky when it comes to music, as long as it's honest.
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Scandinavian crime fiction has become a great success all across the world and rightfully so. Sjowall and Wahloo ushered in a whole generation of Swedish crime writers, many of whom are now available in English.
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At one time if you were a black writer you had to be one of the best writers in the world to be published. You had to be great. Now you can be good. Mediocre. And that's good.
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I am a control freak. I am very hands on and pay attention to details.
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The acquisition of knowledge - knowledge of both the world and of their own religion - will inoculate young people against extremist ideologies.
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Music evokes so many feelings in us, memories, nostalgia, things that are connected to our past.
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When I am stressed, my No. 1 reliever is my music.
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My parents were quite strict; we couldn't just listen to whatever music we wanted. It was very much like they monitored what we listened to.
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We should be proud that our Prophet came into the world with the message of Islam to change it for the better, and not for the worse, or to keep things as they are.
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Music is like the genius of humankind, universal... People who have never really taken the time to get into music, their lives are a lot smaller. Kids deserve the richness and dimension of it in their lives.
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I have a lot of diehard fans. Ace Frehley fans and Kiss fans are the greatest fans in the world.
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As an independent artist, you control the means of production, which is the ultimate form of empowerment.
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The dream world, the true freedom of the imagination, does not open to self-conscious manipulation.
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Don't ever forget that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world, it's the only thing that ever has.
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I think I am done with Wikipedia for the time being. But I have a secret hope. Someone recently proposed a Wikimorgue - a bin of broken dreams where all rejects could still be read, as long as they weren't libelous or otherwise illegal.
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I keep myself content by doing lots of different stuff and make sure that my next role is completely different to the last. I just enjoy the versatility of it, the challenge of doing lots of different things. It keeps the job interesting.
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Everyone talks about moderation. How about some moderation in moderation?
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Before our albums are released I feel like we still own it, that we have control over our music. But once it's out there in the world it's no longer ours.
