Will Champion Quotes
The first time we all played as a band, I think it was in January 1998, in Jonny`s bedroom.
Well, the stuff on the album we are a hundred per cent sure that we`ll never get sick of because that was a very careful selection process.
Two weeks later, we played our first concert and had 100 people there. It was pretty cool.
A lot of the time there is a lot of melancholy in the lyrics.
So, if we`re happy playing the songs we have written, for as long as we can, then that is sort of the proof that they`re good songs as well.
It is worrying, but we feel as though our first album is a representation of our musical career of the first years up to this point.
I can`t do all that riddly diddly stuff. I`m not good enough. It`s all about not playing.
Optimism is the key.
I think hopefully we`ve got enough brain cells left to decide if our music is really worth something.
At the end of the day, we`re just trying to prevent each other from going mad.
A lot of times when we play in countries where English isn`t the first language we get accused of being melancholy and miserable.
I don`t think it`s changed a great deal.
When you write something it has to hit the level that you accept as being good.
Coldplay are just four friends trying to make great music.
We`re also passionate about music and very critical about the music that we listen to.
