My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ.

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.

Particularly conservative Christians, I was very angry that they were not involved more in the AIDS emergency.

I'm a singer, not a politician, and I think you don't want the two to get confused. It's not OK to be on CNN talking about people starving and then tell the interviewer that your new album is coming out in six months.

Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.

Let's not bequeath the pop charts to just children.

Celebrity is ridiculous and silly and it's mad that people like me are listened to - you know, rap stars and movie stars.