Chris Martin Quotes

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Chris Martin

Profession : Musician

Birth : March 2, 1977

Being such a big band is never a problem but it can be distracting.

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

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Being voted the world's sexiest vegetarian is about as cool as it gets. It's not quite as cool as Brad Pitt, but it'll do.

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

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Rihanna has this thick tone, so it's very hard to annoy anybody. It's like a beautifully squeezed tube of toothpaste.

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I think shareholders are the great evil of this modern world.

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

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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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Anyone who criticises me for talking about fair trade is a few pebbles short of a beach. Because everyone should care about it, just like everyone should care about the environment, because we all live here.

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I know I am in a band that is famous, and my private life is famous. I get it, and it's fine. Even when I grew up in a village, people wanted to know who was going to the dance with whom, and I understand, but I think if I engage with it too much, it won't be that healthy.

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When I'm with my kids, I feel like that's really me. And when we're on stage, I feel that, too.

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My philosophy at the moment is that I'm great - and so is everybody else. You have to fit your own oxygen mask. That's really my philosophy now: our band is the best band in the world. And so are all the other bands.

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To me, India's always represented 'everything'; it represents 'all.' Everything is here. You can stay here forever, and you'll never feel like you've missed out on life.

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

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Everyone asks me about being so worried or thinking about existence as if I'm the only person who can't understand why a tree grows the way it does or why a person is in power when they're not that great. These are questions everyone has.

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Once a week, I don't eat for 24 or 30 hours. Your brain becomes very lucid about ideas. It also made me so grateful for food and for life, basically, and that's why a lot more joy is coming through our music, I think.

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What was I like as a kid? The same as I am now, just smaller with a higher voice.

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I may not be as lyrically adept as Jay-Z and Morrissey, but at least I can sing what I feel.

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It's more egalitarian on the Internet - anyone can put anything up. But in terms of the money it takes to allow a band to get good, there's less of it to invest.

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

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