Larry Mullen Jr. Quotes & Sayings

The big issue with rock stars becoming actors is that sometimes it's not believable, and vice versa with actors becoming rock stars. Sometimes just doesn't fit. — Larry Mullen Jr.

If Bono left, we could carry on. If I left, we'd be screwed. — Larry Mullen Jr.

Relevance, for me, is about being creative and doing things that you believe in, whether that's music or acting or painting a picture, or whatever that is. — Larry Mullen Jr.

I love the Elvis movies. I used to watch them. In every single one of his movies he wasn't acting as a car salesman - he was acting as a car salesman who loved to play guitar. — Larry Mullen Jr.

Relevance is a big, big question. It's more about what's your definition of being relevant. In the music world, agism is a big issue. It's about youth and youth culture. There's no other art form that I know that requires you to be a certain age. — Larry Mullen Jr.

I think I look cool. I don't know about the other three but I look cool, I am cool. — Larry Mullen Jr.

And if I had to spend 20 years in the band just to play that show, and have done that, I think it would have been worthwhile. — Larry Mullen Jr.

Unfortunately, as far as the music is concerned, what defines relevance is whether you are on the radio or whether you are on the cover of a magazine or whether you're winning MTV awards, and so on and so forth. — Larry Mullen Jr.

The only thing I wouldn't like to do is to play roles as a musician. I'm not sure that I would be comfortable doing that, and I'm not sure I'd be very good at it. I think I would be better served, and would be a better partner, if I was in something outside of myself. — Larry Mullen Jr.

There's a thin line between interesting music and self-indulgence. We crossed it on the Passengers record. — Larry Mullen Jr.

The longer you've been acting, normally, the better you are at it. As a musician, it doesn't work like that. — Larry Mullen Jr.

Then Bono arrived, and he meant to play the guitar, but he couldn't play very well, so he started to sing. He couldn't do that either. But he was such a charismatic character that he was in the band anyway, as soon as he arrived. I was in charge for the first five minutes, but as soon as Bono got there, I was out of a job. — Larry Mullen Jr.

I've often thought that it would be great to do some acting because nobody would think that I would be able to do it and it scares the living hell out of me. — Larry Mullen Jr.

We all have views on what our Irishness means to us. Two members of the band were born in England and were raised in the Protestant faith. Bono's mother was Protestant and his father was Catholic. I was brought up Catholic. U2 are a living example of the kind of unity of faith and tradition that is possible in Northern Ireland. — Larry Mullen Jr.

It doesn't matter what songs we sing. I'm a drummer. Chicks dig me. — Larry Mullen Jr.

People say, 'Why don't you do interviews? What do you think about this? What do you think about that?' My job in the band is to play drums, to get up on stage and hold the band together. That's what I do. At the end of the day that's all that's important. Everything else is irrelevant. — Larry Mullen Jr.

I will never be a career actor, I don't think. I don't feel that I have the skill set to jump into it that way, although I wouldn't mind giving it a try. — Larry Mullen Jr.

I don't think anybody could imagine the life that I've been lucky enough to have. It's been an incredible journey. — Larry Mullen Jr.