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.

I get to hear the really good or the really bad things in the press, but I don't read it. I can afford to say that because public opinion does not drive U2's audience.

Jesus, Jesus help me. I'm alone in this world.

There is a root arrogance in any writer; a hugely arrogant assumption that anyone is going to listen to them.

For all that "I was lost, I am found," it is probably more accurate to say, "I was really lost, I'm a little less so at the moment.

It's not a coincidence that in the Scriptures, poverty is mentioned more than 2,100 times. It's not an accident. That's a lot of air time, 2,100 mentions.

I'm a musician. I write songs. I just hope when the day is done I've been able to tear a little corner off of the darkness.