Christopher Anthony John Martin Quotes

• You know, it’s possible for two humans to be in a relationship without there needing to be some public reason for that relationship.

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• You gotta wear the right trousers if you’re gonna be a rock star.

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• 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.

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• You can never say you’re big – I don’t think you can ever take anything like that for granted.

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• When you’re on your fifth album, you are going to be judged against all your previous work and expectations.

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• 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.

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• Well, once we finish something, I can’t really listen to it because all I hear are problems.

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• 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.

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• We rely more on enthusiasm than actual skill. Whatever you do, do it enthusiastically and people will like it more.

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• We aren’t cool and never will be.

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

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

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• The goal is to try and make the perfect song. Which of course will never happen.

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• Sometimes we have criticism that is very constructive.

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

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• Music is split up now into little pockets.

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• Music comes from a place we don’t know.

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• More idiots should just shut their mouths.

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Christopher Anthony John Martin (60)

Birth:	2nd March, 1977
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Lyricist, Musician, Record Producer, Singer

About

Christopher Anthony John Martin was born in Whitestone, Exeter, Devon, England. He is an English singer-songwriter, musician, record producer and co-founder of the band Coldplay. Martin continued his studies at University College London, staying at Ramsay Hall, where he read Ancient World Studies and graduated with first-class honours degree in Greek and Latin. As a solo artist, Martin has written songs for a variety of acts including Embrace and Jamelia. In 2007, Martin appeared on a track titled "Part of the Plan" for Swizz Beatz' debut solo album One Man Band Man. He performed the chorus of "Homecoming", from Kanye West's album Graduation.

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