“From day one when you’re singing, you’re dreaming about making that first album and making your break into whatever music you want to break into.”

Making an album is a long process, but it’s a fun process.

My son is racing his first 24-hour this year with Porsche.

The great music for so many artists – the Beatles, the Rolling Stones – was always at the moment when they were closest to pop. It would be easy for U2 to go off and have a concept album, but I want us to stay in the pop fray.

When I want to check out how my lifes been, I go through my albums. They steps in my life.

Every time I release an album my old record company releases another one.

I picked and co-wrote the songs that if I was a guy who would be spending my hard-earned money buying an album I would want to hear.

You’re always frustrated, you don’t have the chance to do a song on the album, like the Beatles did with Ringo and George, or like Led Zeppelin, where everybody was given a chance to contribute. There never is a chance with the Stones.

I tried acting and all of the arts, I even put out a record album, but what I like the most is business.

I’m narrating the television series Biography. I’m still involved in my music – I have a new album out. I have an animated project in development. I’m writing a lot of things and you never know if one of them is going to become a six or seven year project.

I’d done three solo albums in a row, and that’s quite narcissistic.