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title: "1 Really Challenge Quotes By The Edge"
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> [The problem for most people as they get older is that they start to buy into their own bullshit to the extent that they just have to eliminate from their inner sanctum anyone who is going to really challenge it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-edge/the-problem-for-most-people-as-they-get-older-is-that-they-start-to/)

[The Edge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-edge/)

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## More by The Edge

> [Jamming is really the most awful, excruciating experience for me; I really don't enjoy it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-edge/jamming-is-really-the-most-awful-excruciating-experience-for-me-i/)

[The Edge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-edge/)

> [Advertising and art are getting all mixed up. I think some of the most exciting pieces of TV are the commercials.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-edge/advertising-and-art-are-getting-all-mixed-up-i-think-some-of-the-most/)

[The Edge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-edge/)

> [The problem for most people as they get older is that they start to buy into their own bullshit to the extent that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-edge/the-problem-for-most-people-as-they-get-older-is-that-they-start-to/)

[The Edge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-edge/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-edge/bono-is-chairman-and-founding-member-of-over-achievers-anonymous-he/)

[The Edge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-edge/)

> [I might have to take the 12 steps to Workaholics Anonymous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-edge/i-might-have-to-take-the-12-steps-to-workaholics-anonymous/)

[The Edge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-edge/)

> [Clarity of vision - what you've been looking at from the wrong angle and not seen at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-edge/clarity-of-vision-what-you-ve-been-looking-at-from-the-wrong-angle/)

[The Edge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-edge/)

> [Jazz came out of New Orleans, and that was the forerunner of everything. You mix jazz with European rhythms, and that's rock n' roll,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-edge/jazz-came-out-of-new-orleans-and-that-was-the-forerunner-of/)

[The Edge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-edge/)

> [If there is a perfect book to start the year with it has to be Rebecca Mead's My Life in Middlemarch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-edge/if-there-is-a-perfect-book-to-start-the-year-with-it-has-to-be/)

[The Edge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-edge/)

> [I'm a minimalist at heart. If a song doesn't need a solo, I'm not going to force one into it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-edge/i-m-a-minimalist-at-heart-if-a-song-doesn-t-need-a-solo-i-m-not-going/)

[The Edge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-edge/)

> [One of the good things about globalization is it has created a single international music community, and I feel very much part of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-edge/one-of-the-good-things-about-globalization-is-it-has-created-a-single/)

[The Edge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-edge/)

> [U2 albums never get finished. They just get released.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-edge/u2-albums-never-get-finished-they-just-get-released/)

[The Edge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-edge/)

> [For me, looking back is akin to being on a tightrope and looking down. It doesn't help you in the present moment to deal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-edge/for-me-looking-back-is-akin-to-being-on-a-tightrope-and-looking-down/)

[The Edge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-edge/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-edge/starting-a-band-is-the-easy-part-once-you-ve-formed-the-band-you-have/)

[The Edge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-edge/)

> [You see, rock and roll isn't a career or hobby - it's a life force. It's something very essential.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-edge/you-see-rock-and-roll-isn-t-a-career-or-hobby-it-s-a-life-force-it-s/)

[The Edge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-edge/)

> [Rock and roll isn't a career or hobby - it's a life force ... it's just something I have to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-edge/rock-and-roll-isn-t-a-career-or-hobby-it-s-a-life-force-it-s-just/)

[The Edge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-edge/)

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