“I had a couple of years in the mid-2000s where it was really confusing to me. I …” — Chris Martin

The goal is to try and make the perfect song. Which of course will never happen.

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

More idiots should just shut their mouths.

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.