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Chris Martin is a renowned British singer and songwriter, born on March 2, 1977, in London. He is the lead vocalist of the rock band Coldplay, known for his emotive voice and captivating live performances. Since the band's formation in 1997, Coldplay has achieved massive success worldwide and has won numerous music awards.

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“I don't think you can be a mysterious rock star the same way you could in 1965 because there's too much information. Everything you do is available all the time. So the only thing you can rely on is not being false.”

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“If someone thinks I'm a dickhead, fine, listen to someone else's record, then. We're not a totalitarian regime; no one's forced to listen to Coldplay. It's actually quite a compliment if you're something that people can stand against.”

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“I'd get sent home from the first audition of So You Think You Can Dance. My dancing is sort of controlled spasms. I fully accept it might appear ridiculous. But it's passionate!”

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“The word mystical is an even worse word than spirituality - that artists take drugs, and then they add some crazy extra thing to what we all know is real. But our job as artists or as human beings is to investigate what we really think is real.”

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“From the very beginning of my life, people have always enjoyed it when I was around for a couple of days at a time. So, I think, most people in touring bands are best in small doses. That's why we turn up in a town, play and then we leave before anyone can get sick of us.”

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“I think when you're as talented as me or you, you don't need to have an ego. On a serious note, the people I most admire in the world in my field have never shown that much ego to me.”

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“Everyone from the pope to some hobo thinks, "I'm a human being. What am I doing here?" You can't get carried away with fame and fortune and all that. It's all nonsense. The whole pop-star side of it is all fun and good, but you don't get anywhere without putting in the hours. I get so fulfilled when we play a song live that we spent hours working on. It's all cool. Fame is something to have fun with, but you shouldn't take it too seriously because it is bollocks.”

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“The lyrics just come out, and I don't know where from. I'm an incredible failure in relationships. I think there's a romantic ideal that I'm aspiring for. I don't know. The lyrics are always about unsuccessful relationships. They're not all about the love between a man and a woman. It's about friendship and family. Deep down there's a lot of talk about general existence.”

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“I don't think you have to struggle to make good art. I think you have to be passionate to make good art. You have to believe in what you're doing. It just comes from when you lie awake at night.”

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

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“I think that the fact that a relationship becomes public is a bit of a bummer. Because it can distract from the real reason why you're together, which is that you just like each other.”

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“I think in life everyone needs to be broken in some way.”

Thinking Way Needs Broken

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“I think One Direction are the biggest band in the world, their songs are great.”

Thinking World Song Band One Direction

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“In my mind, when God made women, he did an amazing job. I think girls are just perfect.”

Thinking Mind Made Jobs Girl Perfect Amazing Job

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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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“I think it's part of being English, particularly if you are middle-class - you're always looking to be reminded that you are no good and you are always actually embarrassed about being successful.”

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“I've had tinnitus for about 10 years, but since I started protecting my ears it hasn't got any worse. Looking after your ears is unfortunately something you don't think about until there's a problem. I wish I'd thought about it earlier.”

Thinking Problem Ears

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

Thinking Bigs Granted

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About the Author

Born: March 2, 1977
Known for: Singer-songwriter
Quotes: 107

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