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
Music is split up now into little pockets.
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.
You know, it's possible for two humans to be in a relationship without there needing to be some public reason for that relationship.
I would still give my left ball to write anything as good as OK Computer.
I think One Direction are the biggest band in the world, their songs are great,
I'm competitive with anyone who writes a good song - I don't care if it's a band or solo artist or whoever.
Looking after your ears is unfortunately something you don't think about until there's a problem.
I don't mean to sound like a cheap prostitute, but you can call me what you like.
In America idea of freedom isn't actually about freedom. That's about power. The point of an artist is to find out what are the flavors that I must work with. Finding one's freedom is about surrendering to your helplessness.
You gotta wear the right trousers if you're gonna be a rock star.
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.
Anything where we're the butt of the joke, no one tells us about it.
The physical thing of having a man following you around all day trying to take your photograph - it's eerie. There is a pure physical response. If you go up and kick a dog, it will bite you. But with photographers, you can't do that.
Record sales don't really mean anything. For us, the pressure is imagining some 15-year-old kid in Cincinnati who buys our album and doesn't feel like he wasted his pocket money.