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
amazing bass lovely miss playing ray rock roll work
(She) is classically trained, but amazing enough, she's got a rock 'n' roll heart. She was playing bass in a rock band. ... It's still different. Ray had that raw, don't-give-a-damn rock 'n' roll energy, and that lovely voice. Of course, you can't work with someone for 40 years and not miss him.
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.
few knock lights mostly sound
(Rehearsal's) mostly to get the sound and lights up and knock a few cobwebs off.
forth involved organizing pleased time
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.
biggest difficult emphasis good hard head help job ran stuff took win
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.
specific though
Even though you do not live in a specific area, you can come to any of the meetings.
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.
rock-and-roll careers rocks
Rock and roll isn't a career or hobby - it's a life force ... it's just something I have to do.
panthers rabbits smarter
Why is the rabbit unafraid? Because he's smarter than the panther.
dream vision clarity
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.
guitar piano sound
A trumpet sounds pretty much like a trumpet, and that's true of a lot instruments; pianos sound like pianos, but there's something about the guitar - the range of possibilities is much broader.