Chris Martin

It’s difficult when you’re successful, to admit that you need help.

I can’t believe we’ve got away with becoming this huge band. And we still haven’t done anything I think is that good yet.

If a few companies were less greedy, the people at the bottom woud have a lot more.

I know being on a major label is meant to be antiquated, but we’re fine with it.

I’ve never been cool and I don’t really care about being cool. It’s just an awful lot of time and hair gel wasted.

Looking after your ears is unfortunately something you don’t think about until there’s a problem.

Paramount sent them nine-foot-high (theater lobby) cutouts of me. They say, “You don’t have to come home, we’ve got you in every room of the house!”

Our recent travels have taken this wild whirlwind of a band though many incredible and inspiring places…. Having just begun work on our new album, we thought we’d take time out to raise a little sand and welcome springtime with one more adventure, another celebration of life and song.

I believe ‘ye’ is the most commonly used word in the Bible, and in the Bible it means ‘you’.

I used to sleep nude – until the earthquake.

We were out of work actors who played a lot of video games, so we were sort of surprised that Swingers was seen as cool. I think any cool in it was a geekiness, an awkwardness that most people can relate to.

Down the road, I’ll probably have a kid or two or three. And there will probably be political events or spiritual things to comment on, and humor.

This is just to get the kids ready to play. It’s not about the score of the games. We want the boys to learn what they can from this. It helps the coaches see where we’re at and what we need to be working on.

I don’t like to feel that I owe anything. I like to feel that I pay my own way – there’s no free lunch. And when people give me all these great compliments, I thank them but still go back to my room and practice. And a lot of times I say to myself ‘I wish I could be worthy of all the compliments that people give me sometime.’ I am not inventing anything that’s going to stop cancer or muscular distrophy or anything, but I like to feel that my time and talent is always there for the people that need it.

You know my heart couldn’t take it.

I was wearing my best gap turtleneck and my dates were two adult lesbians. So yea, I was pretty cool.

I love the ’80s. I’m obsessed with it. I love the hair and the people.

The first time I saw Led Zeppelin, Bonzo (John Bonham) just walked on the stage and just warmed up for about 10 seconds. Freddie (Freddie Mercury) and I nearly fell over we just couldn’t believe the power and the sound. People are still today trying to imitate Led Zeppelin, America is full of drummers trying to play like John Bonham.

This is going to sound really funny. I have a poster of Zac Efron on my wall! I think every girl has a poster of him in their room so, why not join the club!

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.

Now they’re getting so politically correct you can’t even stick your tongue out at somebody.