Chris Martin

I don’t drink, I don’t take drugs, I don’t smoke.

Anything where we’re the butt of the joke, no one tells us about it.

We rely more on enthusiasm than actual skill. Whatever you do, do it enthusiastically and people will like it more.

So I have probably 1,200 little bits of paper with notes, which when the Ambien really starts to kick in, don’t really make much sense. Say what you like about prescription drugs, but they do help when you’re sequencing a record.

What makes us a bit nervous is, in this instant age, to release something that might take more than one listen. Where everything is instantly judged on YouTube or something! It’s a bit like releasing a horse and cart on a racetrack.

I personally really like getting a proper album with artwork and everything.

I could live without my phone. And one thing I’d love to do is experience having the freedom that kids had back in the ’80s.

There has always been a tremendous obsession with television and movie stars, and with the people involved with the business.

When I started, I never gave any thought whatsoever to what I would be doing when I was 70.

[on her nude picture scandal] I’m much better now. But truthfully I don’t like talking about it. It was something that was meant to be private, and even though it isn’t anymore, I’d still like to keep it as private as I can. It was very traumatic, and I am extremely upset it happened. I hope all my fans can learn from my mistake and make smart decisions. But I wouldn’t have been able to get through it if it wasn’t for my family, friends, and fans, who supported me all along the way.

People have got to let their bodies breathe a little bit more. That’s the great thing about being a pompous, jumped-up rock god. There’s plenty of air around you.

I am working on a dress sock line of funky, colorful, cool designs.

The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.

With my platform, I want to try and do good things and help people.

Dope never helped anybody sing better or play music better or do anything better. All dope can do for you is kill you – and kill you the long, slow, hard way.

[on Ryan Phillippe] I’m lucky to find a person to share my life, and the best friend I’ll ever have.

I think I’d make a pretty good girlfriend.

Congress is like jazz – it’s really about the bills it’s not passing. It’s also like jazz in that most people hate it and anyone who says they don’t are lying.

Nudity for fictional characters is as normal and mundane as eating breakfast. What bothers me is our culture’s obsession with nudity. It shouldn’t be a big deal, but it is. I think this overemphasis with nudity makes actors nervous. There’s the worry about seeing one’s body dissected, misrepresented, played and replayed on YouTube.

I’m not perfect! I’m human. I make mistakes. But I try to be as conscious as I can about things I should be. If I’m going to do something commercial and mainstream and made for the masses, I just believe you can make those kinds of films with quality – and good ideas and good intentions. There’s a lot of negativity out there.

I love you, yes I do, I love you. If you break my heart I’ll die. So be sure it’s true when you say I love you It’s a sin to tell a lie.