Chris Martin Quotes
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All the children of America, up to age seven or eight or nine or ten - they're really great artists. So here we've got this amazing work that very few people pay any attention to, and it's not valued by the culture.
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There comes a point where it doesn't matter how many zeroes are at the end of your bank account.
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Some people misconstrue our band just to be a commercial venture.
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The lyrics just come out, and I don't know where from. I'm an incredible failure in relationships. I think there's a romantic ideal that I'm aspiring for. I don't know. The lyrics are always about unsuccessful relationships. They're not all about the love between a man and a woman. It's about friendship and family. Deep down there's a lot of talk about general existence.
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Abstract painting is dead. That's why it has become so interesting again.
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It's going to be a few years before you see us again. People are fed up with us, and so are we.
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Music comes from a place we don't know.
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I think One Direction are the biggest band in the world, their songs are great,
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I think when you're as talented as me or you, you don't need to have an ego. On a serious note, the people I most admire in the world in my field have never shown that much ego to me.
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I personally really like getting a proper album with artwork and everything.
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I don't actually own a car.
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I don't mind not being cool.
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We rely more on enthusiasm than actual skill. Whatever you do, do it enthusiastically and people will like it more.
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I'm not an old-fashioned, booze-and-drugs rock 'n' roller. For me, rock 'n' roll is all about doing whatever you want. It's about defying convention and being who you are. I'd rather go swimming or running or kite flying.
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I think it's part of being English, particularly if you are middle-class - you're always looking to be reminded that you are no good and you are always actually embarrassed about being successful.
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We all agreed that philosophically, it was not OK, and ethically, it wasn't OK. We're going to take the word 'divert' totally out of our vocabulary.
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You can never say you're big - I don't think you can ever take anything like that for granted.
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Looking after your ears is unfortunately something you don't think about until there's a problem.
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From the very beginning of my life, people have always enjoyed it when I was around for a couple of days at a time. So, I think, most people in touring bands are best in small doses. That's why we turn up in a town, play and then we leave before anyone can get sick of us.
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College radio is a very important medium that needs to survive in difficult economic times when some stations are being sold off and shut down. College radio is the future for broadcasting stars and pioneers of tomorrow, and we as a band, Coldplay, support the vital mission of college radio and we also support College Radio Day, the day when college radio comes together.
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I think shareholders are the great evil of this modern world.
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In my mind, when God made women, he did an amazing job. I think girls are just perfect.
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I don't drink, I don't take drugs, I don't smoke.
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Cool to me is following what you believe in.