“I was actually pretty shy in school. My defense mechanism was to be th...” — Adam Clayton Quote

I was actually pretty shy in school. My defense mechanism was to be the class clown. I remember getting into a lot of trouble for being disruptive, and I was brought in front of the headteacher, who said: 'What's going to happen to you; what are you going to do when you grow up?' and I said: 'Well, I'm obviously going to be a comedian.'

The drums tell me everything. Everything else registers a millisecond later.

I don't think rock 'n' roll is necessarily a young man's game.

I think rock 'n' roll would become exponentially, considerably more difficult to perform past about 65.

The art market was very different before the mid-1980s: then, art was all about passion, whereas now it's become a commodity.

A sea setting us upon the ice has brought us close to danger.

A revolution simply means great change, significant change, and that's how I'm defining it - great change for the better, brought about through non-violent means.

I was brought up correctly and in the right way, and my parents are very proud of the fact that I am a professional footballer.

I realize that 'Postcards' was like input, and 'Ghostwriting' was output. I had all these frustrations and feelings before I did those two projects. 'Postcards' was something that brought new life and creative inspiration into the record, while 'Ghostwriting' was relieving myself.