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Originally Posted by Topaz
I did a search and it wasn't too hard to find. My guess is it was deliberate. 
"In a recent interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Coldplay front man Chris Martin has admitted to plagiarizing many, if not most, of the songs he wrote. Specifically, Chris said:
“We’re definitely good, but I don’t think you can say we’re that original,” he notes. “I regard us as being incredibly good plagiarists.”
In another article, the song “Fix You” was specifically mentioned as being a copy of Elbow’s “Grace Under Pressure”. To that, guitarist Jonny Buckland had this to say.
“We’ve never so directly stolen off anyone before. We’ve never paid for our plagiarism.”
http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2005/...ts-plagiarism/
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I think I interpret this quote a little differently. I don't think he was suggesting that they plagiarize other artists deliberately. Rather, it's a subconscious effect.
No art is truly "original". All artists are influenced to some extent by others and their creative output is an amalgam of those influences. That's how I interpreted the quote.