Hanging out with politicians and corporations is very unhip work. But I think that the U2 audience have turned out to be incredibly subtle in their understanding.

Because you know when you first become famous, you start walking a little different because people are staring at you.

Sadly, I do my homework. I've a soft spot for the boring minutiae. I read the Charter of the United Nations before meeting with Kofi Annan. I read the Meltzer report, and then I'll read C. Fred Bergsten's defense of institutions like the World Bank and the I.M.F. It's embarrassing to admit.

Feelings are much stronger than thoughts. We are all led by instinct, and our intellect catches up later

What I like about pop music, and why I'm still attracted to it, is that in the end it becomes our folk music.

I felt rich when I was 20 years old and my wife was paying my bills. Just being in a band, I've always felt blessed.

It is impossible to meet God without abandon, without exposing yourself, being raw.