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.

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

It's annoying, but justice and equality are mates. Aren't they? Justice always wants to hang out with equality. And equality is a real pain.

Rock stars are good at making noise.

There is a root arrogance in any writer; a hugely arrogant assumption that anyone is going to listen to them.

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.