Christopher Anthony John Martin Quotes

• I don’t mind not being cool.

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• I don’t drink, I don’t take drugs, I don’t smoke.

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• I don’t actually own a car.

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• I do worry – a lot.

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• 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!

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• I always dream about other musicians. And they’re never interested in hanging out with us. It’s like being at school and the bigger boys don’t want to play with you!

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• Everyone asks me about being so worried or thinking about existence as if I’m the only person who can’t understand why a tree grows the way it does or why a person is in power when they’re not that great. These are questions everyone has.

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• 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?

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• Economically, unfair trade will benefit nobody in the long run, as poorer countries will be bled totally dry and will become unable to produce anything.

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• Coldplay fans are the best in the world. If you like Coldplay then you’re obviously very intelligent and good looking and all-around brilliant.

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• 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.

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• Being such a big band is never a problem but it can be distracting.

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• 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.

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• Anything where we’re the butt of the joke, no one tells us about it.

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• Anything that we think is incredible and beautiful and wonderful, we ascribe to something that we don’t know what it is.

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• 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.

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• Although it’s painful at the time, most of the things that people have said about us negatively – some of them are true and you can work on them, and the ones that you don’t agree with, you don’t work on.

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• 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.

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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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