Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world.
BONOThe great music for so many artists – the Beatles, the Rolling Stones – was always at the moment when they were closest to pop. It would be easy for U2 to go off and have a concept album, but I want us to stay in the pop fray.
More Bono Quotes
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You’ve got to watch the politics of AIDS. The politics of AIDS can work both for and against the victims of AIDS.
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It’s so sweet, I feel like my teeth are rotting when I listen to the radio.
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I put Catholic guilt to work pretty good for a rich rock star.
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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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Jesus, Jesus help me. I’m alone in this world.
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Sub-Saharan Africa is also home to 400 million of the world’s poorest people.
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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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There’s no retirement for an artist,its your way of living so theres no end to it.
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The idea that there is one kind of African is of course ridiculous. Sometimes African entrepreneurs want to kill you because you are saying public health is the priority, not roads.
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The French are so into themselves that they don’t even notice you.
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Celebrity is ridiculous and silly and it’s mad that people like me are listened to – you know, rap stars and movie stars.
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The great gifts of models are not that they’re more beautiful than the next person, it’s that they’re able to be photographed and not be self-conscious.
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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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Marriage is this grand madness, and I think if people knew that, they would perhaps take it more seriously.
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If I don’t understand it, it must be art.
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