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Adam Clayton [1960-0] Irish

Rank: 105
Musician

Adam Charles Clayton is an English-born Irish musician best known as the bass guitarist of the Irish 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.

Age, Equality, Friendship, Health

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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.	Age, Friendship	101
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.'		102
You can't make assumptions when you're dealing with health issues.	Health	103
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.	Equality	104
The drums tell me everything. Everything else registers a millisecond later.		105
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.		106
Fame is like the dessert that comes with your achievements - it's not an achievement in itself, but sometimes it can overpower the work.		107
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.		108
A man's respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck.		109
If you believe in a cause, you must be willing to put yourself on the line for that cause.		110
Men should not be forced to wear pants when it's not cold.		111
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.		112
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.		113
I think rock 'n' roll would become exponentially, considerably more difficult to perform past about 65.		114
I don't think rock 'n' roll is necessarily a young man's game.		115
The art market was very different before the mid-1980s: then, art was all about passion, whereas now it's become a commodity.		116
For us there's U2 music, and then there's everything else.		117
I was drawn to things I thought were either sexy or aggressive - or both.		118
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.		119

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