I'm competitive with anyone who writes a good song - I don't care if it's a band or solo artist or whoever. — Chris Martin Copy Share Image
For people who write songs, it's a gift you're given. You become good at the craft, but you're given the gift. — Chris Martin Copy Share Image
Some people say we're (Coldplay) talented and some say we're the worst thing ever to happen to music, and it's a bit… — Chris Martin Copy Share Image
I always dream about other musicians. And they're never interested in hanging out with us. It's like being at school and the… — Chris Martin Copy Share Image
I genuinely love Oasis, and I also genuinely love Beyonce. My body gets the same pleasure. If you like different types of… — Chris Martin Copy Share Image
I don't mean to sound like a cheap prostitute, but you can call me what you like. — Chris Martin Copy Share Image
Once a week, I don't eat for 24 or 30 hours. Your brain becomes very lucid about ideas. It also made me… — Chris Martin Copy Share Image
The goal is to try and make the perfect song. Which of course will never happen. — Chris Martin Copy Share Image
Going through something difficult in your life, music, for me, is always a friend and something that helps you to figure things… — Chris Martin Copy Share Image
When I'm 40, too old to be a rock star, I plan to go back to college to study classical music. — Chris Martin Copy Share Image
We want to make something that moves us when we hear it. Because after all the hype and awards and whatever, that's… — Chris Martin Copy Share Image
This person loves tangerines, This person loves raspberries - and my son won't even look at berries. Isn't that amazing? And so… — Chris Martin Copy Share Image
People say it's a bit repetitive to say, 'Oh oh oh oh oh oh,' but you can't translate the melody into words. — Chris Martin Copy Share Image
Before our albums are released I feel like we still own it, that we have control over our music. But once it's… — Chris Martin Copy Share Image
When you don't have food in your life, just for a day, it makes you realise you're lucky to have it the… — Chris Martin Copy Share Image
Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has found his niche in making the sound of solitude a triumphant experience, like Good Will Hunting: The… — Chris Martin Copy Share Image
I had a couple of years in the mid-2000s where it was really confusing to me. I was like, 'Why is our band sometimes… — Chris Martin Copy Share Image
What makes us a bit nervous is, in this instant age, to release something that might take more than one listen. Where everything is… — Chris Martin Copy Share Image
There's a reason why people who've had bad relationships with their parents listen to angry stuff. — Chris Martin Copy Share Image
I think we're a band with a lot of history now so it's nice to come up with something that doesn't have any history… — Chris Martin Copy Share Image
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… — Chris Martin Copy Share Image
I think everyone in their life goes through challenges, whether it's love or money, kids or illness... You have to really not run away… — Chris Martin Copy Share Image
The thing I really believe deep down is that everybody has a gift for something. Our job as adults is to make sure all… — Chris Martin Copy Share Image
In America idea of freedom isn't actually about freedom. That's about power. The point of an artist is to find out what are the… — Chris Martin Copy Share Image
All that stuff about flatness - it's this idea that painting is a specialized discipline and that modernist painting increasingly refers to painting and… — Chris Martin Copy Share Image
I've had tinnitus for about 10 years, but since I started protecting my ears it hasn't got any worse. Looking after your ears is… — Chris Martin Copy Share Image
