[As a teenager] I felt like there must be more to life than rugby and cheap cider on the weekends. - Chris Martin

My entire life is spent trying to push him forward at photoshoots. He's our packaging, he's a handsome bastard. source

I know I'm going to get shit for saying this, but yeah, I don't want to be too happy. To write I have to feel slightly sorry for myself. You have to be in a slightly self-obsessed state of mind to sit at a piano for six hours and not worry about meeting someone for a date. My best songs come when I have that feeling that I've left the party early. And the other reason our songs are all about struggling and worrying and being beleaguered is my dad. He's a terrible worrier. He's always after the next thing. And I am too. Luckily the other members are more relaxed. Three other members like me and we'd go nuts.

What keeps me going is that I could die tomorrow so I’m always trying to live every day. source