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

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

The fact is that ours is the first generation that can look disease and extreme poverty in the eye, look across the ocean to Africa, and say this, and mean it. We do not have to stand for this. A whole continent written off - we do not have to stand for this.

You know, God has some really weird kids, and I find it hard to be in their company most of the time.

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.

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?'

For all that "I was lost, I am found," it is probably more accurate to say, "I was really lost, I'm a little less so at the moment.