Coldplay'sChris Martin has admitted that he sometimes feels like the whole world hates the band... Now he really does know what it's like to walk in Bono's shoes. 

The 34-year-old singer, who has two kids with wife Gwyneth Paltrow, believes that the group's success has made people believe that they are just in it for the fame and fortune. "Some people misconstrue our band to be just a commercial venture," he told Spin.com. "They question the soulfulness of Coldplay because we've done okay. Maybe it's because I'm English, but in terms of how people perceive us I only pick up on the negative side of it. I always feel like the big bad outside world just f**king hates us."

But close friend Jay-Z once offered him a few words of guidance, "Follow your passion and f**k everything and everyone else"... "And [Jay] embodies that to a T," Chris said. "He's done it more successfully than anyone. He's just following his path, and you either get on or you get off. His influence is as much philosophical as it is musical." He also confessed that his marriage makes him question people's motives for wanting to talk to him. "It's extra hard because I'm married to Gwyneth. I find it very hard to work out where Coldplay stand," he explained. "There's this other side of fame that we try to avoid, but you can't always avoid it. So I never know why someone might be interested in me. Is it about the music? Or is it about this or that? But, you know, in a way that's a good thing because it never makes me feel like a rock star. I'm not even the biggest star in our family [laughs]. It keeps your feet on the ground."

Thanks for clearing that up, Chris.

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