Coldplay's Chris Martin has said that being sued by guitarist Joe Satriani over claims that their 2008 single plagiarised his 2004 track 'If I Could Fly' has helped the band get better.
In an interview for the group's official website Martin explained: "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".