The Edge Quotes

• Clarity of vision - what you've been looking at from the wrong angle and not seen at all.

  The Edge

  Dream, Vision, Clarity

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• Rock and roll isn't a career or hobby - it's a life force ... it's just something I have to do.

  The Edge

  Rocks, Rock And Roll, Careers

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• Why is the rabbit unafraid? Because he's smarter than the panther.

  The Edge

  Rabbits, Panthers, Smarter

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• First love is alright, as far as it goes. Last love – that’s the one I’m interested in.

  The Edge

  First Love, Love Is, Lasts

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• A trumpet sounds pretty much like a trumpet, and that's true of a lot instruments; pianos sound like pianos, but there's something about the guitar - the range of possibilities is much broader.

  The Edge

  Guitar, Piano, Sound

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• I'm a minimalist at heart. If a song doesn't need a solo, I'm not going to force one into it.

  The Edge

  Song, Heart, Needs

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• Running my hands really fast up and down the fretboard... I mean, anybody can do that. It's the Guitar Olympics, and I can't think of anything more pointless.

  The Edge

  Running, Mean, Thinking

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• Every album is difficult. If it was easy, we'd make one a month.

  The Edge

  Albums, Months, Easy

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• The problem for most people as they get older is that they start to buy into their own bullshit to the extent that they just have to eliminate from their inner sanctum anyone who is going to really challenge it. But I think all bandmates of U2 were lucky enough to have the four of us respect and regard each other to the extent that we're kind of always looking out for one another, so none of us can get away with buying into the bullshit.

  The Edge

  Thinking, People, Bullshit

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• The big cop-out would be to accept popularity rather than opting to try to create potent work. It's so easy to do the popular thing, the expected thing, and that's where you start to cheat yourself - and your fans, in the end - because there's an inherent dishonesty in pandering and dishing up what everyone's expecting.

  The Edge

  Trying, Dishonesty, Popularity

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Advertising and art are getting all mixed up. I think some of the most exciting pieces of TV are the commercials.

  The Edge

  Art, Thinking, Pieces

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• If there is a perfect book to start the year with it has to be Rebecca Mead's My Life in Middlemarch.

  The Edge

  Book, Years, Perfect

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