William "Will" Champion (born 31 July 1978) is an English musician and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the drummer and backing vocalist of the alternative rock band Coldplay. Read full biography of Will Champion →
Optimism is the key.
Coldplay are just four friends trying to make great music.
At the end of the day, we're just trying to prevent each other from going mad.
A lot of the time there is a lot of melancholy in the lyrics.
I can't do all that riddly diddly stuff. I'm not good enough. It's all about not playing.
I think hopefully we've got enough brain cells left to decide if our music is really worth something.
We're also passionate about music and very critical about the music that we listen to.
When you write something it has to hit the level that you accept as being good.
The first time we all played as a band, I think it was in January 1998, in Jonny's bedroom.
Two weeks later, we played our first concert and had 100 people there. It was pretty cool.
William "Will" Champion (born 31 July 1978) is an English musician and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the drummer and backing vocalist of the alternative rock band Coldplay.