In my dream, I was drowning my sorrows But my sorrows they learned to swim

Stop asking God to bless what you're doing. Find out what God's doing. It's already blessed.

It's stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.

I have been working for Africans since I was 18, when I got involved with the Nelson Mandela concerts. I got involved with debt cancellation because Desmond Tutu demanded that the world respond to that situation.

At the heart of the Irish economy has always been the philosophy of tax competitiveness. On the cranky left, that is very annoying; I can see that.

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.

There's a point where you find yourself tiptoeing as an artist, and then you know that you're in the wrong place.