I don't think you have to struggle to make good art. I think you have to be passionate to make good art. You have to believe in what you're doing. It just comes from when you lie awake at night. Chris Martin More Quotes by Chris Martin More Quotes From Chris Martin There is something glamorous to me in taking a bit of a beating and keeping on going. Chris Martin bitsglamorous 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. Chris Martin handsomeuniqueplayer 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. Chris Martin realtogetherthinking I don't speak particularly well. That's one of the consequences of being extremely ugly. Chris Martin uglyspeakbeauty I have to brush my teeth before I go on stage otherwise I don't feel smart enough. Chris Martin teethsmartgoes-on 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. Chris Martin caretalkingbeach 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. Chris Martin realartinteresting There's a reason why people who've had bad relationships with their parents listen to angry stuff. Chris Martin bad-relationshipparentpeople You know, it's possible for two humans to be in a relationship without there needing to be some public reason for that relationship. Chris Martin humansreasontwo I just want to make the best music of all time with my best friends. Chris Martin all-timemy-best-friendwant The idea of Ghost Stories is how to turn something bad into something that gives you an uplift. Chris Martin ghost-storiesupliftingideas More idiots should just shut their mouths. Chris Martin village-idiotsidiotmouths If your wife went out with Brad Pitt, you'd want to prove yourself, you know what I mean? Chris Martin wifewantmean I think shareholders are the great evil of this modern world. Chris Martin evilworldthinking I've either got an acute case of hypochondria or I'm falling apart at the age of twenty-three. Chris Martin twentiesagefall Even when other people don’t expect a lot out of you,you have to take the initiative. Chris Martin initiativepeople It's difficult when you're successful, to admit that you need help. Chris Martin successfulhelpingneeds It's very hard to find things that rhyme with North American Free Trade Agreement. Chris Martin rhymetradeagreement There's this idea that artists are free and that means that we can do whatever we want to do. And it's very important to engage with this idea, just as human beings, that we are free to do what we wanna do. So the real question becomes, then, what do we wanna do? And as one gets to know oneself, one finds that there are things that return again and again that you wanna do. Chris Martin artistrealmean I'm just a public-schoolboy. I've got a degree. I'm from a middle-class family in Devon. I've got no story. Chris Martin degreesfamilyclass
