U2 is sort of song writing by accident really. We don’t really know what we’re doing and when we do, it doesn’t seem to help.
BONOThere’s no retirement for an artist,its your way of living so theres no end to it.
More Bono Quotes
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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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Technology is huge; I wanted to learn about it. People might say that’s odd, but I think it’s odd if artists aren’t interested in the world around them. I’m always chasing that.
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Facts, like people, want to be free – and when they’re free, liberty is usually around the corner.
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Rock stars are good at making noise.
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In my view, the only thing worse than a rock star is a rock star with a conscience.
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I felt rich when I was 20 years old and my wife was paying my bills. Just being in a band, I’ve always felt blessed.
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It’s stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.
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What turns me on about the digital age, what excited me personally, is that you have closed the gap between dreaming and doing. You see, it used to be that if you wanted to make a record of a song, you needed a studio and a producer. Now, you need a laptop.
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The extraction of oil, coal and minerals brought, and still brings, a cost to the environment.
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The fact is that ours is the first generation that can look disease and extreme poverty in the eye, look across the ocean to Africa, and say this, and mean it. We do not have to stand for this. A whole continent written off – we do not have to stand for this.
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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 was a moment when Prince did rock & roll with a sponge-y seductive sound. I think that’s what was in our head for ‘Get On Your Boots.’ But actually, the song is much more punk rock.
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I will admit that we are attracted to issues that unify people rather than divide them.
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Marriage is this grand madness, and I think if people knew that, they would perhaps take it more seriously.
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Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world.
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