We are not far off 2008, that's in recent memory, a major slowdown, and everybody is waiting for that to come back. Chris Martin More Quotes by Chris Martin More Quotes From Chris Martin I think One Direction are the biggest band in the world, their songs are great. Chris Martin one-directionsongthinking Celebrity culture has gone crazy, and I think the reason is that real news is just not bearable, and it also seems impossible to change anything. Chris Martin crazyrealthinking The goal is to try and make the perfect song. Which of course will never happen. Chris Martin goalperfectsong 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. Chris Martin recordsdrugpaper There comes a point where it doesn't matter how many zeroes are at the end of your bank account. Chris Martin bank-accountsendsmatter 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. Chris Martin rocksstarstwo College radio is a very important medium that needs to survive in difficult economic times when some stations are being sold off and shut down. College radio is the future for broadcasting stars and pioneers of tomorrow, and we as a band, Coldplay, support the vital mission of college radio and we also support College Radio Day, the day when college radio comes together. Chris Martin supportstarscollege I have my moments - usually twice every album - when I basically lose it. Chris Martin losesalbumsmoments I can't believe we've got away with becoming this huge band. And we still haven't done anything I think is that good yet. Chris Martin bandbelievethinking 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. Chris Martin singingfeelingsway 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. Chris Martin horseagebirthday The word mystical is an even worse word than spirituality - that artists take drugs, and then they add some crazy extra thing to what we all know is real. But our job as artists or as human beings is to investigate what we really think is real. Chris Martin crazyrealjobs 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. Chris Martin successfulclassthinking I know being on a major label is meant to be antiquated, but we're fine with it. Chris Martin finelabelsmajors The lyrics just come out, and I don't know where from. I'm an incredible failure in relationships. I think there's a romantic ideal that I'm aspiring for. I don't know. The lyrics are always about unsuccessful relationships. They're not all about the love between a man and a woman. It's about friendship and family. Deep down there's a lot of talk about general existence. Chris Martin love-ismenthinking Everyone from the pope to some hobo thinks, "I'm a human being. What am I doing here?" You can't get carried away with fame and fortune and all that. It's all nonsense. The whole pop-star side of it is all fun and good, but you don't get anywhere without putting in the hours. I get so fulfilled when we play a song live that we spent hours working on. It's all cool. Fame is something to have fun with, but you shouldn't take it too seriously because it is bollocks. Chris Martin songfunthinking I think when you're as talented as me or you, you don't need to have an ego. On a serious note, the people I most admire in the world in my field have never shown that much ego to me. Chris Martin egopeoplethinking 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 believelyingart 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? Chris Martin horsealbumstrying 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. Chris Martin egalitarianisminternetband
