Adam Clayton Quotes

#1. For us there's U2 music, and then there's everything else.

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

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#3. I've never necessarily chosen to be a bachelor. I've had girlfriends throughout the last 20 or 30 years. It's just that there were times when I met people that fascinated me and times I didn't.

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#4. Fame is like the dessert that comes with your achievements - it's not an achievement in itself, but sometimes it can overpower the work.

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#5. If you believe in a cause, you must be willing to put yourself on the line for that cause.

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#6. I definitely got to a point where I realize how unusual it is to be able to play large, sold-out shows 30 years into a rock and roll career. I don't take it for granted.

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#7. A man's respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck.

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#8. I was drawn to things I thought were either sexy or aggressive - or both.

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#9. Men should not be forced to wear pants when it's not cold.

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

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#11. You can't make assumptions when you're dealing with health issues.

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#12. There are two types of collector, I think. There are those who are quite academic, and get into the archaeology of finding the earliest example of a particular idea. Then there are those interested in what's new.

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#13. From an early age I didn't buy into the value systems of working hard in a nine-to-five job. I thought creativity, friendship and loyalty and pushing the boundaries of what was acceptable was much more interesting.

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

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

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