"There is a culture of lies in white rock and roll, that you don't get in hip hop, you don't get in jazz or other areas, where people won't own up to their ambitions, okay? So they pretend, 'Yeah, man, I'm just a punk rocker here, you know? All I care about is the music, man.'
Wrong.
If you love your music, you're going to want to communicate it. It's about communication. That's why you've formed a band. No one forms a band unless they want to be the Beatles or the Rolling Stones, or the Sex Pistols, or the Clash or Nirvana or whatever.
If you want a private little experience, become a potter. Go buy yourself a potter's wheel and go fuck off."
- Bono
"...so over this precious, we're true to our roots, man. We won't let our music go here or there... I think you have to be careful what you do with your music, but this idea of we're not being into corporations and we don't want to be on the radio... We want to be on every TV show. We want to be on every radio show. That's what we want. That's why we do this.
We're signed to a corporation, Universal Records. There isn't a record company I know that's totally independent.
So I got a pain in my ass sometimes that they want to see us keep it real.
Go work in a fucking coal mine and keep it real."
-Larry