The extraction of oil, coal and minerals brought, and still brings, a cost to the environment.

You've got to watch the politics of AIDS. The politics of AIDS can work both for and against the victims of AIDS.

The strangest thing has happened. I really missed my dog. That's never happened to me before. You know, on a long tour you do hear people saying they miss their pets. I never have. But last night I started really missing my dog. It's very odd, 'cause I don't have a dog.

But with Christ, we have access in a one-to-one relationship, for, as in the Old Testament, it was more one of worship and awe, a vertical relationship. The New Testament, on the other hand, we look across at a Jesus who looks familiar, horizontal. The combination is what makes the Cross.

Rock 'n' roll is ridiculous. It's absurd. In the past, U2 was trying to duck that. Now we're wrapping our arms around it and giving it a great big kiss.

Music fills in for words a lot of the time when people don't know what to say, and I think music can be more eloquent than words.

I put Catholic guilt to work pretty good for a rich rock star.