Chris Martin

I'm just a public-schoolboy. I've got a degree. I'm from a middle-class family in Devon. I've got no story. ”

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. ”

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. ”

I just want to make the best music of all time with my best friends. ”

I'm not a great dancer. I'm a great advertisement for freedom of expression. I don't care what you think. I'm having a great time. ”

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. ”

I've never been cool and I don't really care about being cool. It's just an awful lot of time and hair gel wasted. ”

There's stuff going on in the world right now, which you can't imagine why is this happening; it's crazy. I don't know what the answer is, but if you didn't have faith in the universe that somehow something great would arrive at the end, then we'd all give up, and that would be a waste of everyone's time. ”

I think shareholders are the great evil of this modern world. ”

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