Chris Martin Quotes

I believe in creative control. No matter what anyone makes, they should have control over it.

The business side of film has goofed up so many things, but even that's changing. It happened to the music industry and now it's happening to the film studios. It's crazy what's going on. But artists should have control of their work; especially if, as I always say, you never turn down a good idea and never take a bad idea.

The reason I never wanted to sign with a big label was because I didn't want no one telling me how to make my music.

I never had many problems to do my music and to give it to a record company. Rarely do they try to argue with me about my music, probably because it's still too far-out.

A lot of big whoever producers, they come with a song and they say, 'Sing this,' and I'm not that girl.

The way I look at it is that once you create a piece of art, and it's out in the world, there's nothing you can do about it. People can use it the way they want to. There's nothing you can do about it. All you can hope for is that people that are using it are using it with the best intent.

Creativity is much better when it's free. Someone can take it and sell it if that's what it needs, and from that standpoint, you have to have a label. If you could make your music and just give it away and somehow make a living - that would be the best scenario.

Once you put songs out, they're not yours anymore. They're everyone else's.

It's great to be able to find a way to release your music and do what you want to do artistically and not have to just worry about being accepted by the major label industry.

You put a piece of music out, and it's not in your hands anymore, and that's cool with me.

Honestly, I really can't speak on others, but in a sense, I feel like every artist always has their problems with the industry because we all want to have our creative way.

My dream is to do whatever I want without any interference from the record company.

I think if you're able to make the music you want and you can do it in the right kind of context, you don't have to be a circus ringleader to be successful.

A lot of artists are much more concerned about how their work is used and how it's disseminated. That, to artists, is as important as the money, for some people.

Hollywood wants to own everything. I don't want to own anything. I don't want people just to make content, I want to empower and teach them to create content they own that they can exploit in any medium.

I have just enough people paying attention that I have the freedom to be in charge. And I have a great record company - Nonesuch understands what I'm about.

I got into an argument with my original publisher. They wanted me to do 'Kitty' and nothing else. I wanted to do lots of things, not just 'Kitty' books.

It's time for artists to take their music back.

I'm rather kind of old school, thinking that when an artist does his work, it's no longer his... I just see what people make of it.

I get offers to do huge-budget music videos with big production companies all the time, but I have no interest.

The potential success that could come with signing with a major label didn't quite outweigh how important it was for me to make my music the way I knew it needed to be made.

The problem that I have is with the music business. For some reason it seems almost impossible to get anything, any music, released which includes improvisation or soloing.

I did not start IC and Inteam to have control over my music. I had control before and after.

I'd rather be on a label that understands us and allows us to be a bit odd.

I allowed artists to play for as long as they felt they could justifiably continue to create.