The Edge
The Edge
David Howell Evans, better known by his stage name The Edge, is a British-born Irish musician and songwriter best known as the lead guitarist, keyboardist and backing vocalist of the rock band U2. A member of the group since its inception, he has recorded 13 studio albums with the band as well as one solo record. As a guitarist, the Edge has crafted a minimalistic and textural style of playing. His use of a rhythmic delay effect yields a distinctive...
NationalityWelsh
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth8 August 1961
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Starting a band is the easy part. Once you've formed the band, you have to tell a story, and that story requires songs. And not just good songs, but great songs. After a while, great songs won't do - they have to be the best. Success doesn't make it any easier. Each time I start a new record, it's a brand-new search.
opens
She always opens it up to questions, comments, suggestions.
bench five gave incredible preaching takes
The bench gave us incredible minutes. We've been preaching it all year. It takes more than five (players), it takes 15.
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(Rehearsal's) mostly to get the sound and lights up and knock a few cobwebs off.
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This is the first time they're really being active, getting involved and communicating back and forth with us in the city. We're most pleased that they're organizing and forming.
bring ideas
If you have ideas, bring them that night.
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This is the biggest win we've had in a while in a place that's difficult to win at. (Dalton head coach) Marcus (Starling) does a good job and they ran some stuff that took us out of our game. But we've been working hard to help each other and that's been a big emphasis in practice.
assistant good job letting panic stay trying
We didn't panic and that had a lot do to with our assistant coaches. They did a good job of not letting me panic on the sidelines. I was trying to stay composed, but I was nervous.
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Rock and roll isn't a career or hobby - it's a life force ... it's just something I have to do.
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Why is the rabbit unafraid? Because he's smarter than the panther.
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Clarity of vision - what you've been looking at from the wrong angle and not seen at all.
first-love love-is lasts
First love is alright, as far as it goes. Last love – that’s the one I’m interested in.
months albums easy
Every album is difficult. If it was easy, we'd make one a month.
absolutely both difficult official worked
We absolutely have worked with both groups. But it's difficult to have more than one association for all the official needs.