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 Beatle….

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 un….

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

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

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..

God is in the slums, in the cardboard boxes where the poor play house. God is in the silence of a mother who has infected her child with a virus that….

If I don't understand it, it must be art..

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 ….

As a musician and a songwriter it is an act of the ego to believe that other people might be interested in your point of view. But it is usually an e….

I put Catholic guilt to work pretty good for a rich rock star..

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..

U2 is sort of song writing by accident really. We don't really know what we're doing and when we do, it doesn't seem to help..

I felt rich when I was 20 years old and my wife was paying my bills. Just being in a band, I've always felt blessed..

It's a privilege to serve the poor, to be servants of noble Africans, but I better belong in the rehearsal room or in the studio with my band. That's….

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

Let's not bequeath the pop charts to just children..

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

But with Christ, we have access in a one-to-one relationship, for, as in the Old Testament, it was more one of worship and awe, a vertical relationsh….

Celebrity is ridiculous and silly and it's mad that people like me are listened to - you know, rap stars and movie stars..

There's no retirement for an artist,its your way of living so theres no end to it..