Celebrity is ridiculous and silly and it’s mad that people like me are listened to – you know, rap stars and movie stars.
BONOIt’s much easier to be successful than it is to be relevant. The tricks won’t keep you relevant. Tricks might keep you popular for a while, but in all honesty,
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You can never completely fill that hole-you can try with songs,family,faith and by living a full life…but when things are silent, you can still hear the hissing of what’s missing.
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It’s stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.
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I think carrying moral baggage is very dangerous for an artist. If you have a duty, it’s to be true and not cover up the cracks.
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I truly believe that when the history books are written, our age will be remembered for three things: the war on terror, the digital revolution, and what we did – or did not do – to put the fire out in Africa. History, like God, is watching what we do.
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When a nation is over-reliant on one or two commodities like oil or precious minerals, corrupt government ministers and their dodgy associates hoard profits and taxes instead of properly allocating them to schools and hospitals.
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If September 11th has taught us anything, it’s certainly that the world has never been so interdependent. It is impossible now to be an island of prosperity in a sea of despair.
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There’s no retirement for an artist,its your way of living so theres no end to it.
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We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.
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I don’t know how U2 will stay relevant. I know we’ve got a future. I know we can fill stadiums. And yet with every record, I think, ‘Is this it? Are we still relevant?’
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U2 is an original species… there are colours and feelings and emotional terrain that we occupy that is ours and ours alone.
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Christians are hard to tolerate; I don’t know how Jesus does it
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The right to be irresponsible and stupid is something I hold very dear. And luckily it is something I do well.
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Essentially, I’m a very real person; good and bad. And the public image is one of being very good,
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Stop asking God to bless what you’re doing. Find out what God’s doing. It’s already blessed.
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Because you know when you first become famous, you start walking a little different because people are staring at you.
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