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

I remember how my mother would bring us to chapel on Sundays... and my father used to wait outside. One of the things that I picked up from my father and my mother was the sense that religion often gets in the way of God. For me, at least, it got in the way.

I wish to begin again on a daily basis. To be born again every day is something that I try to do. And I'm deadly serious about that.

Contrary to reports, this boy is not a billionaire or going to be richer than any Beatle - and not just in the sense of money, by the way. The Beatles are untouchable. That’s just a joke.

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

But more than anything else, for the British folks Irish people were all terrorists. So when we went to Britain, it was always a lot of resistance to U2. And that's why we came to America.

Dream up the kind of world you want to live in. Dream out loud.