It's still very difficult for me to rely. Your weakness, the blessing of your weakness is it forces you into friendships. The things that you lack, you look for in others.

Perspective is the cure for depression.

It's much easier to be successful than it is to be relevant. The tricks won't keep you relevant. Tricks might keep you popular for a while, but in all honesty, I don't know how U2 will stay relevant. I know we've got a future. I know we can fill stadiums. And yet with every record, I think, 'Is this it? Are we still relevant?'

In general people put too much faith in the rich, the famous, the politicians, and not enough faith in themselves.

Overcoming my dad telling me that I could never amount to anything is what has made me the megalomaniac that you see today.

We're starting our own religion at last. The Order of Frisbeetarians. We believe that when you die, your soul ascends to a rooftop and you can never get it back.

The right to be irresponsible and stupid is something I hold very dear. And luckily it is something I do well.