What I like about pop music, and why I’m still attracted to it, is that in the end it becomes our folk music.
BONOIt’s quite widespread in rock culture, that mythology of the shooting star. I’d rather be the North star. As bob (Dylan) says, you can navigate by it.
More Bono Quotes
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The French are so into themselves that they don’t even notice you.
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Christians are hard to tolerate; I don’t know how Jesus does it
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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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God is so big. It’s a gigantic concept in God.
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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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Every artist is a cannibal/every poet is a thief/all kill for inspiration/and then sing about the grief.
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I get to hear the really good or the really bad things in the press, but I don’t read it. I can afford to say that because public opinion does not drive U2’s audience.
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To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.
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Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.
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I put Catholic guilt to work pretty good for a rich rock star.
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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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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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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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Because you know when you first become famous, you start walking a little different because people are staring at you.
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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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