Most people have a difficult time after splitting with their spouse, but Chris Martin insists he's happier than ever following his divorce from Gwyneth Paltrow. The Coldplay frontman explained during an interview with Australian radio show Rove & Sam how close friends and self-help literature got him through a painful time in his personal life.

"A few years ago I was in a low place in my life and was feeling kind of down and confused. Some friends gave me a book called Man's Search for Meaning, and a poem called The Guest House by an Afghanistani poet, teacher, and those two things started me off on this whole journey that's ended up a few years later now where I just feel so happy to be alive," he revealed.

"That may sound a little simple but I suddenly feel very grateful for all these things in my life, I just feel happy to be alive and if it's coming across then that's because it's real," he added.

His new romance with girlfriend Annabelle Wallis probably helps, too!