Chris Martin

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

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.

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

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.

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

What is really important for a woman, you know, even more than being beautiful or intelligent, is to be entertaining.

If The Beatles or the 60’s had a message, it was ‘Learn to swim. And once you’ve learned – swim!’

I did audition for “Home and Away”, but they never called me back. I feel I escaped in a way.

I find Hollywood really toxic.

We (pop stars) are people not androids. We’ve got views. I’ve got opinions and I don’t see why I shouldn’t use a bit of my art to put them over. I think music is one of the most powerful media forces in the world today.

Sick of all these people talking, sick of all this noise. Tired of all these cameras flashing, sick of being poised.

No, I’ve never thought that I was gay. And that’s not something you think. It’s something you know.

I believe that in life you should always take the serious things lightly and the light things seriously. This attitude of mine gets me into a lot of trouble.

I can’t believe you recently had a baby. How do you do it? [pause] The baby starts to come down…and once that happens you can’t-it comes out. Whether you let it or not, the baby comes out. So that’s how I did it.

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 had many nicknames over the years: V, Nessa, Nessy Poo, Nessy Bear and Van. Only my parents call me Van, though, and I hate it. I get embarrassed.

I try to keep my ego at the right size. No matter what, I just do my best to live in an attitude of gratitude.

I have a certain curiosity for life that drives me and propels me forward.

It sounds lame, but I was really concentrating on this job. It was my first American thing so I was pretty focused. I went to Portland for two months before we starting shooting, and I just didn’t talk to anybody for ages during the beginning of the shoot. I never went out, but I kind of broke down half way through. I was like, ‘Okay, people are starting to think that I’m actually out of my mind now.

You’d be surprised how much fun you start to have once ya stop giving A f**k.