Overcoming My Dad Telling Me That I

Africa Is A Continent In Flames. And Deep Down, If We Really Accepted That Africans Were Equal To Us, We Would All Do More To Put The Fire Out. We're Standing Around With Watering Cans, When What We Really Need Is The Fire Brigade.

I Will Admit That We Are Attracted To Issues That Unify People Rather Than Divide Them.

I'm Never Nervous When I Go To Meet Heads Of State. I Feel They Should Be Nervous, Because They Are The Ones Who'll Be Held Accountable For The Lives Their Decisions Will Impact The Most.

I Have Been Working For Africans Since I Was 18, When I Got Involved With The Nelson Mandela Concerts. I Got Involved With Debt Cancellation Because Desmond Tutu Demanded That The World Respond To That Situation.

I Get To Hear The Really Good Or The Really Bad Things In The Press, But I Don't Read It. I Can Afford To Say That Because Public Opinion Does Not Drive U2's Audience.