The great moments of rock 'n' roll were never off in some corner of the music world, in a self-constructed ghetto.

So what we're talking about here is human rights. The right to live like a human. The right to live, period. And what we're facing in Africa is an unprecedented threat to human dignity and equality.

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

If I don't understand it, it must be art.

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.

I do see the good in people, but I also see the bad --- I see it in myself. I know what I'm capable of. Good and bad. It's very imnportant that we make that clear. Just because I often find a way around the darkness doesn't mean tjat I don't know it's there. (Bono)

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.