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"In America, Bill Clinton represents the changing generations. I think it's very important coming at the end of this century, people who have control over our lives are people you'd actually like to sit down and talk to."
"Every band needs someone like Bono in it. When you join a band you don't know who's good at what. I'm really pleased that Bono took the job that he took and that I took the job that I took."
"I think bootlegs are something that's very difficult to stop. There are fans out there that want to buy them. I don't like overpriced bootlegs that are ripping the fans off. If they're good quality recordings of a show then I'm happy enough that people have access to those things."
"How many people really have friendships that have survived 20 years. I value it and think it's an amazing achievement."
"I certainly like looking at the Spice Girls."
"Be careful what you set your sights upon because it just might happen."
"I don't know what will happen to Hanson when their voices break."
"I'll tell you, you learn a lot about women from dressing up in women's clothes! You learn that when a woman asks you "Do I look alright?" what she's really saying is "I have just spent a lot of time making myself uncomfortable. If I go out in this condition will I look foolish, or is it worth it?". When you ask a woman to go out to dinner it's not like seeing one of your mates. She has to stop and think, "Hmm, dinner. That will be four hours of being uncomfortable." And if she says yes and then after four hours you say, "Lets go dancing, let's go to a club," and she says "No, I want to go home," it's because she has figured on four hours and now those four hours are up and she can only think of getting home and out of those clothes!"
"Our commitment was to a better way. We could have our own gang and not put up with the rest of the world."
"I would say POP is based on my musical style."
"You know, one or two members of the band could've said, 'Look, guys, I'm happy to do the record, but I don't wanna tour. I wanna stay home and get on with my stamp collection' or whatever, and then we'd have had to look at the record in a different way."
(about POP): "The accordions and mandolins were left behind."
"I don't really like hanging out with musicians. Talking about Peavey amps is not my thing."
"I don't really operate on that level very often- but I'm glad somebody notices that I'm well turned out." [From the chat on U2's Official Website, in response to a question about being well dressed]
"Men should not be forced to wear pants when it's not cold."
Question: If a Martian landed and was introduced to you and asked you what do you do, what would you say? Adam: I simulate love-making by beating a piece of wood with a metal wire on which it vibrates."
Question: "Adam Clayton, what is more important, the sun or the moon?" Adam: "The sun, because it brings life and a new day."
"I just wasn't prepared for the establishment to write me off just because I didn't fit into their academic concept."
"Individually we probably wouldn't have gone anywhere musically. Without any one of us, the fragile uniqueness and special quality of U2 would be gone forever."
"Nobody knows how it works, you turn the music up as loud as you can and hope people like it."
"We're a bunch of noisy, rough Irishmen that are arrogant enough to drag their tails all the way around the world, and I think that's something to be proud of."