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Larry Mullen, Jr.

Laurence Joseph Mullen Jr. (/ˈmʊlən/; born 31 October 1961) is an Irish musician and actor, best known as the drummer and co-founder of the rock band U2. Mullen's distinctive drumming style developed from his playing martial beats in a childhood marching band, the Artane Boys Band. Some of his most notable contributions to the U2 catalogue include "Sunday Bloody Sunday", "Pride (In the Name of Love)", "Where the Streets Have No Name", "Zoo Station," "Mysterious Ways", and "City of Blinding Lights".

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

Chicks, Drummer, Matter, Song

If Bono left, we could carry on. If I left, we'd be screwed.

Bono, Carry, Ifs, Left, Screwed

When you're in the music business, everything is very personal, because you are invested in everything; there's a very deep, personal attachment to your music.

Attachment, Very Deep, Music Business, Music, Business

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.

Believe, Creative, Acting, Music, Painting

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

Imagine, Journey, Life, Lucky, Think, Thinking

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.

Awards, Concerned, Mtv, Winning

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

Interesting, Passengers, Record, Records, Self

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.

Age, Art, Big, Issues, Relevance

It's a tough life being a pop star. You know, at the end of the day when you've paid all the bills and put the kids through college and that, you know, there's only enough left for a small island off the South Pacific.

Stars, Kids, College, Tough, Left

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.

Father, Mean, Mother, Northern, Views

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

Acting, Like, Longer, Musician, Normally, Work

I joined a band to hit things.

Band, Hit, Joined, Things

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.

Car, Guitar, Love, Loved, Play, Used