When you're in the music business, everything is very personal, because you are invested in everything; there's a very deep, personal attachment to your music.

I joined a band to hit things.

I think I look cool. I don't know about the other three but I look cool, I am cool.

It doesn't matter what songs we sing. I'm a drummer. Chicks dig me.

If Bono left, we could carry on. If I left, we'd be screwed.

I love the Elvis movies. I used to watch them. In every single one of his movies he wasn't acting as a car salesman - he was acting as a car salesman who loved to play guitar.

Relevance, for me, is about being creative and doing things that you believe in, whether that's music or acting or painting a picture, or whatever that is.

The big issue with rock stars becoming actors is that sometimes it's not believable, and vice versa with actors becoming rock stars. Sometimes just doesn't fit.

I don't think anybody could imagine the life that I've been lucky enough to have. It's been an incredible journey.

There's a thin line between interesting music and self-indulgence. We crossed it on the Passengers record.

The longer you've been acting, normally, the better you are at it. As a musician, it doesn't work like that.

Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life, and when it comes, hold your head high, look it quarely in the eye and say, 'I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.

Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.

At a certain point, unabashed optimism becomes delusional insanity.

I believe in the limitlessness of humans. We're capable of incredible things. At times, that realization is frightening.

For some people, a park is the only place in their entire world where they can see something beautiful.

I have reached out my hand, I have plucked the fruits of the Gospel, I have eaten of them, and they are sweet, yea, above all that is sweet.

The theatre is my drug. And my illness is so far advanced that my physic must be of the highest quality.

You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

I like touring extensively because I think the more hours you spend onstage, the more you know who you are onstage.

I'm happy if my book makes you want to kiss your family... if we can reconcile with each other no matter where we are on the globe.