Adam Clayton
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"Adam Charles Clayton" is an English-born Irish musician best known as the bassist of the rock band U2. He has resided in County Dublin since the time his family moved to Malahide when he was five years old in 1965. Clayton is well known for his bass playing on songs such as "New Year's Day (song)/New Year's Day", "Seconds (song)/Seconds", "Bullet the Blue Sky", "With or Without You", "Mysterious Ways (song)/Mysterious Ways", "Get on Your Boots", and "Magnificent (U2 song)/Magnificent". His work on No Line on the Horizon has been cited as his best bass playing. He has worked on several solo projects throughout his career, such as his work with fellow band member Larry Mullen, Jr./Larry Mullen Jr. on the theme of 1996's Mission: Impossible (film)/Mission: Impossible. Clayton, as a part of U2, has won 22 Grammy awards.

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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.

Men should not be forced to wear pants when it's not cold.

Don't get me started. I love it.

[It has been a frantic time, this year of Africa. The other members of the band love the cause but they fret that Bono's hobby is eclipsing his day job.] The band has survived, ... but there's been a price in terms of relationships.

If you believe in a cause, you must be willing to put yourself on the line for that cause.