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You know, I have a really tough time finding new bands.

It's not very often that I like new bands.

U2 are a great band; they've given us an unbelievable body of work, and all of us musicians owe them at least something. I can honestly say that every time I have played the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado, as soon as my drums are set up, I go into the beat of 'Sunday Bloody Sunday.'

Now U2's not my favorite band, but I do respect them, and in the same way I respect Bowie: They change without fear of change.

U2 - that's a band that never should have existed. There's no life experience in any of their songs.

Right now, I've never been more impressed by the new bands that we meet. I may be 10, 20 years older, but we're all on the same page about culture, music and life.

For us there's U2 music, and then there's everything else.

I grew up with the Beatles and they are still to this day my top band played in my iTunes.

The great music for so many artists - the Beatles, the Rolling Stones - was always at the moment when they were closest to pop. It would be easy for U2 to go off and have a concept album, but I want us to stay in the pop fray.