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

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

The great music for so many artists - the Beatles, the Rolling Stones - was always at the moment when they were closest to pop. It would be easy for U2 to go off and have a concept album, but I want us to stay in the pop fray.

Feelings are much stronger than thoughts. We are all led by instinct, and our intellect catches up later

When those people get up at the Grammys and say, "I thank God", I always imagine God going, "Oh, don't, please don't thank me for that one. Please, oh, that's an awful one! Don't thank me for that - that's a piece of crap !"

I'm a musician. I write songs. I just hope when the day is done I've been able to tear a little corner off of the darkness.

Every age has its massive moral blind spots. We might not see them, but our children will.