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Will Champion

(1978) Drummer United Kingdom

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Will Champion is a drummer from the United Kingdom.

Quick Facts About Will Champion

Born: July 31, 1978
Nationality: United Kingdom
Profession: Drummer

About Will Champion

William Champion is an English musician and songwriter. He is best known as the drummer and percussionist of the rock band Coldplay. Raised in Southampton, he learned to play numerous instruments during his youth, being influenced by Nick Cave, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits and traditional Irish folk music. His energetic drumming style is largely focused on the essential elements of the songs and he occasionally takes lead vocal duties on live performances.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Will Champion

I think hopefully we've got enough brain cells left to decide if our music is really worth something.

Brain

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At the end of the day, we're just trying to prevent each other from going mad.

End of the day

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Coldplay are just four friends trying to make great music.

Four

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When you write something it has to hit the level that you accept as being good.

Accepting

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Optimism is the key.

Key

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A lot of the time there is a lot of melancholy in the lyrics.

Melancholy

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The first time we all played as a band, I think it was in January 1998, in Jonny's bedroom.

Band

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I can't do all that riddly diddly stuff. I'm not good enough. It's all about not playing.

Enough

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We're also passionate about music and very critical about the music that we listen to.

About

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Two weeks later, we played our first concert and had 100 people there. It was pretty cool.

Concert

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