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Before our albums are released I feel like we still own it, that we have control over our music. But once it's out there in the world it's no longer ours.

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Chris Martin
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: March 2
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Christopher Anthony John Martin
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As an artist, one doesn't know what is real. And so there's a search and a process of trying to locate something that feels or appears or somehow resonates with us on a deeper level. This is why art is such an interesting business to be in.
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You can sometimes get your own feelings across more strongly if you pretend that you're singing it from someone else's angle. But it's always from me. It's just a new way of framing it.
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I have my moments - usually twice every album - when I basically lose it.
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Being such a big band is never a problem but it can be distracting.
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I never talk about my wife: we're both in public professions but we try to keep our private life private.
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I don't drink, I don't take drugs, I don't smoke.
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You gotta wear the right trousers if you're gonna be a rock star.
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The goal is to try and make the perfect song. Which of course will never happen.
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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.
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Some people are into bondage... and some people are into crossdressing.. . and some people are into Coldplay. It's okay, I don't mind being a fetish.
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If a few companies were less greedy, the people at the bottom woud have a lot more.
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Economically, unfair trade will benefit nobody in the long run, as poorer countries will be bled totally dry and will become unable to produce anything.
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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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I get more people approaching me about how good I was in 'Napoleon Dynamite' than being in Coldplay.
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When you're on your fifth album, you are going to be judged against all your previous work and expectations.
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A band's only unique thing is its chemistry, especially if none of you are prodigious players or particularly handsome. The one thing you have is your uniqueness, so we hold on to that.
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It's difficult when you're successful, to admit that you need help.
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