U2 is an original species... there are colours and feelings and emotional terrain that we occupy that is ours and ours alone.
I accept the Old Testament as more of an action movie: blood, car chases, evacuations, a lot of special effects, seas dividing, mass murder, adultery. The children of God are running amok, wayward. Maybe that's why they're so relatable.
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.
Overcoming my dad telling me that I could never amount to anything is what has made me the megalomaniac that you see today.
You see, Africa makes a fool of our idea of justice. It makes a farce of our idea of equality. It mocks our pieties. It doubts our concern. It questions our commitment. Because there is no way we can look at what's happening in Africa, and if we're honest, conclude that it would ever be allowed to happen anywhere else.
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.
Because you know when you first become famous, you start walking a little different because people are staring at you.
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.