Quotes By Chris Martin

I'm competitive with anyone who writes a good song - I don't care if it's a band or solo artist or whoever.

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

Sometimes we have criticism that is very constructive.

I get more people approaching me about how good I was in 'Napoleon Dynamite' than being in Coldplay.

I don't speak particularly well. That's one of the consequences of being extremely ugly.

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.

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.

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

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 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.

Well, I don't like the word 'rock star,' the two words, 'rock star.' Not even 'soft rock star. Not even limestone star. I don't like those words.

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

I think that the fact that a relationship becomes public is a bit of a bummer. Because it can distract from the real reason why you're together, which is that you just like each other.

We aren't cool and never will be.

Some people misconstrue our band just to be a commercial venture.

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.

Even though the album is an endangered species, can we try and make a coherent and good one, even if it's like making a horse and cart at a Nascar conference?

I think we're a band with a lot of history now so it's nice to come up with something that doesn't have any history at all.

I've had tinnitus for about ten years, and since I started protecting my ears it hasn't got any worse - touch wood.

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.

There comes a point where it doesn't matter how many zeroes are at the end of your bank account.

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

I just want to make the best music of all time with my best friends.

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.

Maybe it's because I'm English, but in terms of how people perceive us I only pick up on the negative side of it.

I don't actually own a car.

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

Coldplay fans are the best in the world. If you like Coldplay then you're obviously very intelligent and good looking and all-around brilliant.

I always dream about other musicians. And they're never interested in hanging out with us. It's like being at school and the bigger boys don't want to play with you!

There's a reason why people who've had bad relationships with their parents listen to angry stuff.