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

In my view, the only thing worse than a rock star is a rock star with a conscience.

We're starting our own religion at last. The Order of Frisbeetarians. We believe that when you die, your soul ascends to a rooftop and you can never get it back.

Sadly, I do my homework. I've a soft spot for the boring minutiae. I read the Charter of the United Nations before meeting with Kofi Annan. I read the Meltzer report, and then I'll read C. Fred Bergsten's defense of institutions like the World Bank and the I.M.F. It's embarrassing to admit.

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.

You know, God has some really weird kids, and I find it hard to be in their company most of the time.

Hanging out with politicians and corporations is very unhip work. But I think that the U2 audience have turned out to be incredibly subtle in their understanding.