“Life for a man in his forties can only get worse,” U2 bass player Adam Clayton said at the David Bowie: A Day in the Life panel discussion in Fitzrovia last night, hosted by the Standard’s editor-in-chief, Dylan Jones. The musician said the successes of U2 may not have been possible if they started today because men get more insecure with age.
“I think there’s a period in the male psyche where there is a lack of risk you get as a young man in your late teens and early twenties, and part of the brain to weigh up consequences is not yet developed,” the bassist said. “That changes when you get older. But looking back on U2, I just think ‘How did we do that?’”
