COLDPLAY star CHRIS MARTIN was inspired to become a rock star because he was sick of having nothing more than platonic relationships with girls he fancied.
Now married to Hollywood beauty Gwyneth Paltrow, the singer admits his teenage years were full of romantic frustrations.
He tells Rolling Stone magazine, "I had a tricky time with girls until I was, like, 21. I got trapped in the friendship tip many, many times.
"It was like, 'I need to be a rock star because this is no good - being the kind of guy that everybody likes but no one wants to have sex with. I don't want to be the person that makes everybody laugh before they go off and bang. I want to be the guy that everybody bangs."
The candid Coldplay frontman tells the publication that Paltrow is his only "serious relationship".
He adds, "I don't think it's that weird. It wouldn't be weird 200 years ago... Think of Romeo and Juliet."
And he insists he has no problems being married to one of the world's most famous women: "I always felt it would be great to be with a very powerful woman because it would keep you in your place.
"Being married to someone very successful and very powerful basically keeps you hungry to improve."
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