If your wife went out with Brad Pitt, you'd want to prove yourself, you know what I mean?

There's a part of me that wishes no one knew anything about me, but it's just not realistic.

I may not be as lyrically adept as Jay-Z and Morrissey, but at least I can sing what I feel.

Everything that's happening to you, is what's suppose to be happening to you. So just relax.

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

I'm happy in L.A., but I will live wherever my kids are, and I don't really mind where it is.

You can never say you're big - I don't think you can ever take anything like that for granted.

When I'm 40, too old to be a rock star, I plan to go back to college to study classical music.

I've either got an acute case of hypochondria or I'm falling apart at the age of twenty-three.

When I'm with my kids, I feel like that's really me. And when we're on stage, I feel that, too.

The idea of Ghost Stories is how to turn something bad into something that gives you an uplift.

You've got to express yourself in life, and it's better out than in. What you reveal, you heal.

When you think of Rihanna's voice, you think of this whole, rich thing, solid like a tree trunk.

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

I'm saying One Direction are brilliant! And I'm not kidding. Because their songs are really good.

Looking after your ears is unfortunately something you don't think about until there's a problem.

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

I get more people approaching me about how good I was in 'Napoleon Dynamite' than being in Coldplay.

I never talk about my wife: we're both in public professions but we try to keep our private life private.

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.

I'm competitive with anyone who writes a good song - I don't care if it's a band or solo artist or whoever.

People say it's a bit repetitive to say, 'Oh oh oh oh oh oh,' but you can't translate the melody into words.

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

For people who write songs, it's a gift you're given. You become good at the craft, but you're given the gift.

Maybe it's because I'm English, but in terms of how people perceive us I only pick up on the negative side of it.

Those have been the two biggest challenges of my life: trying to follow Radiohead, and trying to follow Brad Pitt.

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.

I've had tinnitus for about ten years, and since I started protecting my ears it hasn't got any worse - touch wood.

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

Rihanna has this thick tone, so it's very hard to annoy anybody. It's like a beautifully squeezed tube of toothpaste.

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

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.

Being voted the world's sexiest vegetarian is about as cool as it gets. It's not quite as cool as Brad Pitt, but it'll do.

I think we're a band with a lot of history now so it's nice to come up with something that doesn't have any history at all.

Rihanna's voice is just delicious for your ear. Sinatra had the same thing; anything he sang sounded pleasing to most people.

We want to make something that moves us when we hear it. Because after all the hype and awards and whatever, that's all music is.

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.

I had a couple of years in the mid-2000s where it was really confusing to me. I was like, 'Why is our band sometimes a punch line?'

Somebody rang me up the other day and said 'Yellow' was on a karaoke machine. That made me genuinely excited. It's got a nice beat.

Going through something difficult in your life, music, for me, is always a friend and something that helps you to figure things out.

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

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.

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has found his niche in making the sound of solitude a triumphant experience, like Good Will Hunting: The Musical.

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.

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 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 genuinely love Oasis, and I also genuinely love Beyonce. My body gets the same pleasure. If you like different types of music, it's OK to say it.

Some people are into bondage... and some people are into crossdressing.. . and some people are into Coldplay. It's okay, I don't mind being a fetish.

I think everyone in their life goes through challenges, whether it's love or money, kids or illness... You have to really not run away from that stuff.

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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