Chris Martin: Being Sued is Good for the Band

Chris Martin, of Coldplay, has dismissed claims of plagiarism about his song Viva La Vida from Joe Satriani and Yusuf Islam. The former claims the the song is a rip off of If I Could Fly, whilst the latter claims Martin ripped Foreigner Suite, a song from 1973.The frontman said on the band’s website; “Some people are suing us at the moment and although it was initially a bit depressing, now it’s become really inspiring. You think, ‘Right, if everyone’s trying to take away our best song, then we’d better write 25 better ones.’ And so just at the point where I was thinking about getting fat and becoming complacent, I’ve been finding more inspiration. Now we’ve got more to prove than ever before.”What that essentially means is that people suing the band over plagiarism of songs first depresses him slightly and makes him think about getting fat but, in a miraculous turn around, then drives him write better songs. He gets a burst of inspiration from law suits. It’s okay, Chris, we believe you.