A lot of the time there is a lot of melancholy in the lyrics.

I can't do all that riddly diddly stuff. I'm not good enough. It's all about not playing.

Optimism is the key.

At the end of the day, we're just trying to prevent each other from going mad.

Coldplay are just four friends trying to make great music.

I think hopefully we've got enough brain cells left to decide if our music is really worth something.

The first time we all played as a band, I think it was in January 1998, in Jonny's bedroom.

Two weeks later, we played our first concert and had 100 people there. It was pretty cool.

We're also passionate about music and very critical about the music that we listen to.

When you write something it has to hit the level that you accept as being good.

They might in the future more than ever before engage in hunting beavers.

I directed the men in our barque to approach near the savages, and hold their arms in readiness to do their duty in case they notice any movement of these people against us.