Chris Martin
Chris Martin
Christopher "Chris" Anthony John Martin is an English singer, songwriter, record producer and co-founder of the British alternative rock band Coldplay. Born in Whitestone, near Exeter in Devon, Martin went to the University College London where he formed a rock band with fellow musician Jonny Buckland in 1996 called Pectoralz...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth2 March 1977
CityWhitestone, England
CountryUnited States of America
I get more people approaching me about how good I was in 'Napoleon Dynamite' than being in Coldplay.
The goal is to try and make the perfect song. Which of course will never happen.
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.
There's a reason why people who've had bad relationships with their parents listen to angry stuff.
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 do an hour's yoga and go running every day. Then I see a picture of myself and I still look like a skinny, potbellied idiot - and I thought I had turned into this superhunk!
If your wife went out with Brad Pitt, you'd want to prove yourself, you know what I mean?
I could be walking down the street one minute and get a handshake and then get spat on the next. I'm never sure whether to wear gloves or a helmet.
I have my moments - usually twice every album - when I basically lose it.
Abstract painting is dead. That's why it has become so interesting again.
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.
I personally really like getting a proper album with artwork and everything.
He helped John Cusak get his girlfriend back.