COLDPLAY - MARTIN: 'I'M NOT A GOOD SONGWRITER'

COLDPLAY singer CHRIS MARTIN is convinced he lacks the talent to be an extraordinary songwriter - despite being in one of the biggest bands in the world.

The IN MY PLACE star, who is married to GWYNETH PALTROW, is grateful for his bandmates, because he credits them with masking his musical shortcomings.

Martin says, "I still spend at least 60 per cent of my time thinking, 'I can't write songs.'

"I don't see myself as brilliantly talented, but lucky to have met the right combination of people who fit together like a jigsaw so you can't see our individual shortcomings."