U2 bassist Adam Clayton: ‘When I was drinking, there were many times when I was out for the night and didn’t come back for a week’

The musician on kissing Diana Ross, hating his rugby-player thighs, and wanting to say sorry to Naomi Campbell

Born in Oxfordshire and raised in Ireland, Adam Clayton, 64, co-founded U2 in 1976. Since then, the band has sold more than 170m albums and won 22 Grammys. The 20th anniversary edition of How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb and the outtakes album How to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb are out now. Clayton is divorced, has two children and lives in Dublin.

Which living person do you most admire and why?
Gabor Maté. He is very eloquent and articulate about the role of trauma in our lives.