When you align yourself with God's purpose as described in the Scriptures, something special happens to your life.

When people say, you know, 'Good teacher,' 'Prophet,' 'Really nice guy'... this is not how Jesus thought of Himself. So you're left with a challenge in that, which is either Jesus was who he said he was or a complete and utter nut case. You have to make a choice on that.

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 is impossible to meet God without abandon, without exposing yourself, being raw.

U2 was involved in Live Aid, and I ended up going to Ethiopia and working there for some time with my wife, Ali.

My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them.

I accept the Old Testament as more of an action movie: blood, car chases, evacuations, a lot of special effects, seas dividing, mass murder, adultery. The children of God are running amok, wayward. Maybe that's why they're so relatable.