Chris Martin Quotes

I think the thing that has made it possible for me to write personal songs and sing them year after year is the sensibility for good writing. Just opening your veins all over the paper is not necessarily going to be interesting. I wanted to speak to people.

I've always wanted to sing. I don't think I have a great voice, but I just think that I get the emotion. It's very authentic. Whatever emotion I'm feeling, I can sing it, and you can feel it.

I've never sung a single song in my whole life on purpose to shock anyone. My 'hot numbers' are all, if you will notice, written about something that is real in the lives of millions of people.

For a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than emotional sincerity.

With singing, the name of the game is to make yourself believable. When somebody hears you sing a song, and they say, 'Oh, that must have happened to him,' that's when you know you're transmitting. It's like being a good actor. You make people feel things, emotions and what not.

The quality of the writing, really. Simple as that. Beautiful words. It's very nice as a singer to do great songs, which have wonderful lyrics and strong feelings underneath the song.

Write your own songs. It helps you to mean what you're singing, which will then make it mean something to listeners.

Lyrics are kind of the whole thing; it's the message. Something might have a beautiful melody but if it's not the truth coming out of your mouth, it's not appealing.

As a songwriter, it's very hard to listen to music that's not coming from the heart and soul, personally.

I'm not afraid to use my personal experiences and put them into a song. I think that's when you get the best stuff anyway, when it's real emotion.

I'm not the best singer, but I like the way I sing my songs.

Own every note I sing and sell it. Make a connection to the audience. That's what it comes down to, you know?

You know, I've sung a lot of emotional songs in my life, but when you're writing it yourself, it's very difficult to decide what to reveal.

Tell the story that's in your heart, and don't hold back. Write a book the reader will want to melt into.

I'm a fan of real singers. I just gravitate towards that.

Nas is an artist who writes from his heart.

You know when you hear a lyric and you can tell that the person means it? That is really hard; that is so much harder than it seems: to find the topics that you're passionate about and have it come across as like, 'Yeah, that guy needed to sing that song.'

Rap lyrics are really the only thing I've ever written.

I feel everything very strongly, and I find that when I sing through music, it helps me connect to people.

Most of the things I sing in my songs, I've lived.

I want people to really recognize that this is what I am naturally good at: I'm really good at making music and describing your feelings vicariously through my experiences, through my past and my future. I want people to relate to me in multiple ways and be versatile in my music.

If I had to compare myself to another artist, I wouldn't. I feel like my lyrics are really strong. I'm good at painting pictures and telling picture stories.

I just try to sing every song with sincerity.

There's a lot of vulnerability in songs - I'm not talking about pop songs - from people that are in the art of songwriting more than the commercial enterprise of it.

You always gonna feel me. That's my main thing. When I'm speaking in my music, you gotta feel me.