Anyone that's involved in development has discovered that all the good work that's been done in development has been undone by the AIDS emergency.

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

It's not a coincidence that in the Scriptures, poverty is mentioned more than 2,100 times. It's not an accident. That's a lot of air time, 2,100 mentions.

Africa is a continent in flames. And deep down, if we really accepted that Africans were equal to us, we would all do more to put the fire out. We're standing around with watering cans, when what we really need is the fire brigade.

Actually oddly enough, I think my work, the activism, will be forgotten. And I hope it will. Because I hope those problems will have gone away.

U2 is an original species... there are colours and feelings and emotional terrain that we occupy that is ours and ours alone.

Technology is huge; I wanted to learn about it. People might say that's odd, but I think it's odd if artists aren't interested in the world around them. I'm always chasing that.