All my lyrics are autobiographical. If writing about myself isn't important enough, that's really a blow to the ego. But I find that writing about myself and the things that affect me is the only honest way I have of communicating, rather than writing about issues, like Northern Ireland. That's why I dislike musicians who claim that what they sing isn't important, because that's simply not true. You must be able to cross racial, class, and age barriers, and to do that, you must approach people emotionally, not intellectually.
Emotions are very complex things, but the triggers of emotions are quite simplistic.
That's the way Bono approaches what he does. Your music is very emotional, and it strikes a chord in me. That's the most important thing you could say to me. That is success. That's communication, and it's all you really want.