COLDPLAY - NME GODLIKE GENIUS INTERVIEW EXTRACTS Credit - Dean Chalkley / NME
“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: “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.’” “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.” “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!”
“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...” 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. ”
February 19, 2016 7:14am ET by Murray Chalmers PR
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