How can Bono, having graced concert stages for over two decades, draped in the white flag of peace and screaming 'No More War' at the top of his lungs contemplate praising and back slapping Tony Blair?

The issues are always the same. Racism, war, poverty, the geography changes.

I think that dreamers are the most powerful people in the world.

When that punk strain came to Britain and infected everyone. It was more than just a sound. There was an ethos, an ethic that went with it.

When you're young, you believe in the most basic things. You believe that there are good people around you. And you don't just take things for granted, like the ocean or the sky, or even being able to dream, to have a vision, to have ambition. As you grow up, all that gets knocked out of you.

At a young age, to think the exciting days are over, it's not easy.