albertlouishammondjr:

an actual online journal entry from chris martin in 2002:

chris in washington, may26
hello i just got taught how to write the journal and i thought i should as i dont have to do very much promo at the moment because of being like a diva. we are in usa on a big fat tour which goes everywhere and it is good considering that two months ago we had no drive or voice or enthusiasm left. but now we are like a slick rock machine and we have no fear. what got us back in buisness i think was a rest, some singing lessons and a whole bunch of new songs that are all i think about i think i must have drawn lists of the sequence of our next album at least 100 times. 

but it is exciting being in our band again and that is good . i just read “on the road’ by jack kerouac which you should read when youre alot younger than me really but it gave me a massive boost in energy as did being able to sing again and having everybody else put their parts on some of the new songs. whenever we have a break all i do and all i want to do is sit and try and get new songs.i think there are about 16 good ones (out of about 50 but since i was twelve there were always more thrown awaythan kept ) and the rest of the band COLDPLAY have worked their magic on about 7 of them and these are the best. 

once jon gets some riffs or guy or will do something the original idea becomes double good and that i think is what makes me overwhelmed. i always moan and groan about certain shit but i am a lucky fucker to be here with them and it all seems to work again. this is strangely cathartic this diary buisness so i should be careful about what i say.is anybody even interested? i’ll try and be more bridget jones. this is what is going on in my head today. 

make the most of every moment as there is some messed up stuff going on, especially that we’ve noticed since we came here. george w bush it seems to me is not that great and is somewhat answerable to oil companies which i think means the environment will get no help. plus all the missile defence ideas and the continuing availability of arms and the fucked up judicial system it is TERRIBLE. 

i think guys like the beastie boys and u2 and rage and all them are amazing because even though theyre only bands they all try and make a difference. i expect this is all coming out wrong but there is so much shit going on that i feel lucky to be alive and free. this guy just got out of prison after 30 years after they realised he was innocent and nobody even said sorry and so i makes you realise to get on with things now .

i think the reason all this stuff has suddenly hit me is because in the last year i met so many big names and faces some cool some not and it hit home that EVERYBODY even presidents and generals and popstars are all fallible human beings. this is frightening because the idea that some people are superhuman is comforting to those that are not. so what is my point ? 

i am just saying to whoever has got this far in this rambling nonsense (that was supposed to be a straghtforward “today we played bristol it was ok..” type tour diary) that i feel like life has to be attacked before something goes really wrong. and because being in a band is such a luxury job i feel both guilty and extremely overjoyed, and determined to do something useful, even if it is such a small thing as trying to make records that do something to people rather than just spending all our royalties on coke. 
sorry if this all sounds bullshit ; anyway i hope everyone on this COLDPLAY website is ok. 
love chris
p.s i read this back it is an english teachers nightmare