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At the heart of the Irish economy has always been the philosophy of tax competitiveness. On the cranky left, that is very annoying; I can see that.

Anyone that's involved in development has discovered that all the good work that's been done in development has been undone by the AIDS emergency.

As hard as it is, as ghetto as it is, hip-hop is pop music. It's the sound of music getting out of the ghetto, while rock is looking for a ghetto.

Actually oddly enough, I think my work, the activism, will be forgotten. And I hope it will. Because I hope those problems will have gone away.

U2 is an original species... there are colours and feelings and emotional terrain that we occupy that is ours and ours alone.

When a nation is over-reliant on one or two commodities like oil or precious minerals, corrupt government ministers and their dodgy associates hoard profits and taxes instead of properly allocating them to schools and hospitals.

It's annoying, but justice and equality are mates. Aren't they? Justice always wants to hang out with equality. And equality is a real pain.

If you pour your life into songs, you want them to be heard. It's a desire to communicate. A deep desire to communicate inspires songwriting.

The French are so into themselves that they don't even notice you.

So what we're talking about here is human rights. The right to live like a human. The right to live, period. And what we're facing in Africa is an unprecedented threat to human dignity and equality.

It's so sweet, I feel like my teeth are rotting when I listen to the radio.

I think carrying moral baggage is very dangerous for an artist. If you have a duty, it's to be true and not cover up the cracks.

Music fills in for words a lot of the time when people don't know what to say, and I think music can be more eloquent than words.

Because you know when you first become famous, you start walking a little different because people are staring at you.

The fact is that ours is the first generation that can look disease and extreme poverty in the eye, look across the ocean to Africa, and say this, and mean it. We do not have to stand for this. A whole continent written off - we do not have to stand for this.

Marriage is this grand madness, and I think if people knew that, they would perhaps take it more seriously.

Happy the country that lives on nothing but its wits; cursed be the one that thinks it can get rich by planting or digging or drilling for wealth.

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.

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

God's Spirit moves through us and the world at a pace that can never be constricted by any one religious paradigm.

Overcoming my dad telling me that I could never amount to anything is what has made me the megalomaniac that you see today.