Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world.

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

You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves and making the world bend a bit, is very exciting. It's very real. It's very strong.

It's so sweet, I feel like my teeth are rotting when I listen to the radio.

Distance does not decide who is your brother and who is not. The church is going to have to become the conscience of the free market if it's to have any meaning in this world - and stop being its apologist.

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.

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