God's Spirit moves through us and the world at a pace that can never be constricted by any one religious paradigm.

Celebrity is ridiculous and silly and it's mad that people like me are listened to - you know, rap stars and movie stars.

Smack in the centre of contradiction is the place to be.

U2 is sort of song writing by accident really. We don't really know what we're doing and when we do, it doesn't seem to help.

As a rock star, I have two instincts, I want to have fun, and I want to change the world. I have a chance to do both.

I used to love Kurt Cobain, when he was telling people we're a pop band. People would laugh, they thought of it as good old ironic Kurt. But he wasn't being ironic.

Africa is a continent in flames. And deep down, if we really accepted that Africans were equal to us, we would all do more to put the fire out. We're standing around with watering cans, when what we really need is the fire brigade.