Every artist is a cannibal/every poet is a thief/all kill for inspiration/and then sing about the grief.

What turns me on about the digital age, what excited me personally, is that you have closed the gap between dreaming and doing. You see, it used to be that if you wanted to make a record of a song, you needed a studio and a producer. Now, you need a laptop.

U2's best work has always been when we didn't know what we're doing.

I used to - my earliest memory of waking up with a melody in my head was, you know, 8, 9, 10. I've always heard kind of melodies in my head.

I think carrying moral baggage is very dangerous for an artist. If you have a duty, it's to be true and not cover up the cracks.

Christians are hard to tolerate; I don’t know how Jesus does it

Religion can be the enemy of God. It's often what happens when God, like Elvis, has left the building.