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The goal is to try and make the perfect song. Which of course will never happen.

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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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I have my moments - usually twice every album - when I basically lose it.
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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 flavors that I must work with. Finding one's freedom is about surrendering to your helplessness.
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When I'm 40, too old to be a rock star, I plan to go back to college to study classical music.
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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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