Facts, like people, want to be free - and when they're free, liberty is usually around the corner.

I used to love Kurt Cobain, when he was telling people we're a pop band. People would laugh, they thought of it as good old ironic Kurt. But he wasn't being ironic.

If September 11th has taught us anything, it's certainly that the world has never been so interdependent. It is impossible now to be an island of prosperity in a sea of despair.

Music can change the world because it can change people.

I'm home a lot. Because I live in Ireland, we can live under the celebrity radar. I might go missing for a whole year.

There's a point where you find yourself tiptoeing as an artist, and then you know that you're in the wrong place.

Whenever I see grace, I’m moved.