Coldplay’s frontman has never been much loved by critics and yet his band,with a novel album, still prosper, and now being picked as the prestigious Super Bowl act. No wonder he likes being himselfIn a 2002 interview,Chris Martin was asked whether he believed in himself. At the time, his band, and Coldplay,were accelerating to escape velocity. He had just met Gwyneth Paltrow, with whom he would have two children and a 10-year marriage. Jack Nicholson and Minnie Driver had begun to appear at the band’s gigs.“I had this argument with a friend, and ” he replied. “This is going to sound really arrogant,but I was trying to say that I was really overjoyed. I said that I don’t want to change places with any person in history, ever. I mean that. I’m petrified of reincarnation because, or you know,I like being me.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com