Chris Martin

We rely more on enthusiasm than actual skill. Whatever you do, do it enthusiastically and people will like it more.

I've never been cool and I don't really care about being cool. It's just an awful lot of time and hair gel wasted.

I could be walking down the street one minute and get a handshake and then get spat on the next. I'm never sure whether to wear gloves or a helmet.

Marriage, like everything else in the world, is holy or unholy depending on the purpose the mind ascribes to it.

Working with Bill Cosby was incredible. I was lucky to be a part of that.

Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister's wedding there. It was beautiful.