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Viva La Vida and Viva Coldplay!

Chris Martin, turned 34 on 3/2/11. Congratulations to Coldplay for "Viva La Vida", & 2009 Grammy Awards: 
1.) Song of the Year; 
2.) Best Rock Album of the Year.  (2008 #1 world album at 6.8 million); 
3.) Best Pop Perform, by a Group With Vocals.   
Favorite Chris Martin quotes: 
1. "Whatever you do, do it enthusiastically and people will like it more. I can't dance like Usher. I can't sing like Beyonce. I can't write songs like Elton John. But, we can do the best we can with what we've got. And so that's what we do. We just go for it." 
2. Reflecting on his daughter, his actress wife Gwyneth Paltrow, his fans, and his career: "Everything in my life is a fragile decision that somebody else made." 
3. On the success of his band: "Let me be clear: We're an incredibly arrogant band and we believe in ourselves above all others. But we also acknowledge that there's no way we can take credit for where we are. I didn't design my larynx, if you want to go right back to Square 1. ... So we work very hard to capitalize and validate what we've been given. Because we have been given it. It's not graciousness, it's just honesty."
4. "Ideas that you'll never find, or the inventors could never design..." 
5. "I don't want to be a soldier
Who the captain of some sinking ship
Would stow, far below
If you love me
Why'd you let me go?"
6. "Yeah, you belong with me, not swallowed in the sea!"
7. "My song is love, love to the loveless shown...and I love you, please come home!"

If Coldplay has ever touched you in a special place in the heart, add me as your friend.  Coldplay = Love!