Originally posted by Ali709:[..]
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Step_Closer_(U2_song)
"One Step Closer" is billed in the album with thanks to Noel Gallagher of Oasis. The title of the song comes from a conversation Bono had with Gallagher about Bono's dying father, Bob Hewson. Bono asked, "Do you think he believes in God?" to which Gallagher replied, "Well, he's one step closer to knowing."
Yeah, that is what I was referring to. The song gets better when you know the story.
I also remember 'coming from a long line of travelling sales people on my mother's side' in a 2007 interview and 'make your enemies interesting' in the 2005 Hall of Fame induction.