I have my moments - usually twice every album - when I basically lose it.

When I'm 40, too old to be a rock star, I plan to go back to college to study classical music.

I never talk about my wife: we're both in public professions but we try to keep our private life private.

Coldplay fans are the best in the world. If you like Coldplay then you're obviously very intelligent and good looking and all-around brilliant.

I'm just a public-schoolboy. I've got a degree. I'm from a middle-class family in Devon. I've got no story.

I can't believe we've got away with becoming this huge band. And we still haven't done anything I think is that good yet.

The physical thing of having a man following you around all day trying to take your photograph - it's eerie. There is a pure physical response. If you go up and kick a dog, it will bite you. But with photographers, you can't do that.