As a rock star, I have two instincts, I want to have fun, and I want to change the world. I have a chance to do both.

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.

The less you know, the more you believe.

Rock 'n' roll is ridiculous. It's absurd. In the past, U2 was trying to duck that. Now we're wrapping our arms around it and giving it a great big kiss.

Distance does not decide who is your brother and who is not. The church is going to have to become the conscience of the free market if it's to have any meaning in this world - and stop being its apologist.

Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.

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

Music can change the world because it can change people.