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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One of the good things about globalization is it has created a single international music community, and I feel very much part of it.
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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.
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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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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.
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Our big kids did a great job controlling the glass on the defensive end especially. We really stepped up defensively. We knew if we played good solid man-to-man defense and make (Central) shoot over us that we would be OK and the kids really responded.
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What a song is is a subjective thing. There's no one real definition for it.
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I have a curiosity that compels me to find ways to make music that are fresh and new.
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Bono is chairman and founding member of Over-Achievers Anonymous. He has an irrepressible drive to be great. He wants to achieve it all, which actually makes him very vulnerable.
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Jamming is really the most awful, excruciating experience for me; I really don't enjoy it.
I might have to take the 12 steps to Workaholics Anonymous.
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For me, my awkward phase corresponded to an interest in rock n' roll. From experience, I'm guessing an insecure childhood is probably quite a common thing among people who start a rock band.
U2 albums never get finished. They just get released.
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Music is such a great communicator. It breaks down linguistic barriers, cultural barriers, it basically reaches out. That's when rock n' roll succeeds, and that's what virtuosity is all about.
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Weirdly enough, if I'm having trouble with a guitar part - not the playing of it but the writing - I'll mess around with echo and other effects, just turn everything up and make it as crazy as can be, and it winds up taking me somewhere. I've found so many guitar parts from echo. It's limitless.