Coldplay's Chris Martin has claimed that he is envious of stars such as Lady Gaga and Jay-Z who can write universal pop songs.
Martin, whose band will release their new album 'Mylo Xyloto' in October, made the comments in the latest issue of Q. Discussing his fellow A-list songwriters, Martin stated that hearing the work of others inspires him to make his own work good enough to compete.
"When I hear Kings of Leon's 'Use Somebody' or Adele's 'Someone Like You' or Lady GaGa's 'Bad Romance', it's like, 'F*ck, that's good, I've got to try and do something better than that'. he said.
Even close friends are not safe from Martin's green eyes, as he says about Jay-Z, "It's constant competition but born out of love. Or Jay-Z's 'Empire State Of Mind'. Jay revealed that when he was playing stadiums with us."
"Why would you do that to us? Why would you open a gig and then play a song that's better than any of our songs, you f*cking b*star? Why would you do that to someone you claim to be friends with?"
Conceding: "But then it also drives you to write better songs."
Coldplay recently confirmed that Rihanna will feature on their forthcoming album.
I love how Coldplay mentioned RELEVANT people ...
Why there isn't a rule in ATRL that prevent IRRELEVANT people from posting in certain thread at all..
All the envy in this thread.
