COLDPLAY - NME GODLIKE GENIUS INTERVIEW EXTRACTS

 

Credit - Dean Chalkley / NME


Interview below must be credited to NME along with the copy “Coldplay won The Godlike Genius Award at the NME Awards with Austin, Texas on Wednesday night.” 


ON THEIR NME GODLIKE GENIUS AWARD WIN, CHRIS MARTIN SAID: 

“It’s surreal to me that we’re even having this conversation because it makes me think: ‘God, look at that journey.’ And I don’t really reflect on it often because we’re always thinking, ‘Where are we?’ or ‘What are we doing?’ But talking to you, I’m like ‘Holy sh**… we came from that table at the first awards to that table today!"

DISCUSSING THE NME AWARDS WITH AUSTIN, TEXAS:

“The first time we saw a Godlike Genius was when we won Best New Band [at the NME Awards in 2001]. I think U2 were getting their Godlike award and I remember thinking, ‘How the f*** do you get to that?’” 

DISCUSSING THE ALBUM:  

“It’s what we’ve always dreamed of making. It’s the first time we’ve felt, ‘Yeah, this is who we are as a band; this is us; we’re comfortable.’” 

GENERAL QUOTES: 

“One thing that’s quite liberating about being in a band is when you realise a lot of the world really doesn’t give a f*** about music and they definitely don’t give a f*** about what’s cool and what’s not cool...  They just hear a song they like and then carry on with their day.” 

“There are certain moments along the way – the most recent one being the Super Bowl – that are ‘wow’ moments... Other ones were that first little NME mention we got [back in January 1999, when NME called them “already masters of both the epic chorus and the insular weep-out”]; the first time headlining Glastonbury; the Paralympics.”  

DISCUSSING CELEBRATING HIS CHILDREN'S BIRTHDAYS:

“The other day we had this silent disco, where you have this transmitter and about 10 sets of headphones, and we were having the best time. I could see that my son was full of energy, so we did ‘Killing In The Name’. It was amazing to watch!”


CHRIS MARTIN'S BEST MEMORY FROM THE PAST 16 YEARS IN THE BAND:  

“Playing ‘Johnny B. Goode’ with Michael J. Fox. He has a Parkinson’s benefit every year and Back To The Future is my favourite film. He said, ‘Would you do some music at the event?’ So I said, ‘Yes, of course. I’d love to, but is there any way you could come on stage and we could re-create my favourite scene in film history?’ And he said yes! He said, ‘I’ll time my medication so I’m most able to play [guitar] at that time’. So we started playing ‘Earth Angel’, the ballad they’re playing in the film when he first joins the band and his pictures are disappearing, and then he came on and people went crazy and we played ‘Johnny B. Goode’. My life just felt complete...” 

CHRIS MARTIN DISCUSSING HIS PERSONAL LIFE: 

Of course, village gossip, we all like to know what everyone’s up to... But once you start being in it you realise, well, this isn’t really based on any truth. Especially if you go through a big break-up, there’s no point reading about it. There’s just no good gonna come from it. ” 
“If you have kids and they start reading about their parents not liking each other, that’s not good...I don’t mind speaking about it.  We just spent a long time trying to maintain a friendship so there wouldn’t have to be any kind of battle.”

ON BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN:  

“A f***ing dude. He’s a wise and generous legend to me”


ON NOEL GALLAGHER: 


“The Oscar Wilde of our time”  


WHAT'S ON CHRIS MARTIN'S RUNNING PLAYLIST?


"Drake, Rammstein, Joni Mitchell, Selena Gomez. ‘Hells Bells’ by AC/DC. 


WILL CHAMPION SAID: 

“I’ve never felt like fame is getting in the way of me living the way I want to, which in certain circumstances it really can for Chris,” Will tells me. “I don’t envy that at all, but he handles it with extreme grace, I think. He’s learned to deal with it.” 

 

 

February 19, 2016 7:14am ET by Murray Chalmers PR   Comments (0)

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