Quotes by Adam Clayton - Page 1

For us there's U2 music, and then there's everything else.
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Everything Else
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Men should not be forced to wear pants when it's not cold.
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Cold
Pants
Forced
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You can't make assumptions when you're dealing with health issues.
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Assumptions
Dealing
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I was drawn to things I thought were either sexy or aggressive - or both.
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Aggressive
Drawn
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The drums tell me everything. Everything else registers a millisecond later.
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Drums
Everything Else
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If you believe in a cause, you must be willing to put yourself on the line for that cause.
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Willing
Cause
Line
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A man's respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck.
Adam Clayton / Musician
Relationship
Law
Law And Order
Order
Precise
Size
Exists
Paycheck
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I think rock 'n' roll would become exponentially, considerably more difficult to perform past about 65.
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Considerably
Exponentially
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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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Commodity
Passion
Market
Whereas
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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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Achievement
Dessert
Fame
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Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality.
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Equality
Belief
Committed
Mankind
Vain
Brothers
Labors
Unless
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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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Granted
Rock And Roll
Sold Out
Unusual
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I don't think rock 'n roll is necessarily a young man's game. I think Neil Young is just as rock'n'roll now as he was in his 20s. I'd like to think we can still be edgy and challenging.
Adam Clayton / Musician
Men
Edgy
Games
Thinking
Necessarily
Rock
Neil
Neil Young
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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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Chosen
Fascinated
Me People Never
Bachelor
Girlfriends
Throughout
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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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Academic
Archaeology
Collector
Earliest
Finding
Types
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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.
Adam Clayton / Musician
Friendship
Jobs
Loyalty
Work
Acceptable
Boundaries
Creativity
Pushing
Value Systems
Early Age
Nine-To-Five
Systems
Working Hard
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It's very confusing when fame comes early on in your career. You get a little bit bent out of shape in terms of what's important. Fame is like the dessert that comes with your achievements - it's not an achievement in itself, but sometimes it can overpower the work.
Adam Clayton / Musician
Achievement
Bent
Confusing
Dessert
Fame
Work Your Important
Shape
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I was actually pretty shy in school. My defense mechanism was to be the class clown. I remember getting into a lot of trouble for being disruptive, and I was brought in front of the headteacher, who said: 'What's going to happen to you; what are you going to do when you grow up?' and I said: 'Well, I'm obviously going to be a comedian.'
Adam Clayton / Musician
Class
Clown
Comedian
Defense
Disruptive
Mechanism
Shy
Trouble
Brought
Class Clown
Defense Mechanism
Front
Grow Up
Obviously
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