It is impossible to meet God without abandon, without exposing yourself, being raw.
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.
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I do see the good in people, but I also see the bad — I see it in myself. I know what I’m capable of. Good and bad. It’s very imnportant that we make that clear. Just because I often find a way around the darkness doesn’t mean tjat I don’t know it’s there. (Bono)
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Jesus, Jesus help me. I’m alone in this world.
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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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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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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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Every artist is a cannibal/every poet is a thief/all kill for inspiration/and then sing about the grief.
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Poverty breeds despair. We know this. Despair breeds violence. We know this. In turbulent times, isn’t it cheaper, and smarter, to make friends out of potential enemies than to defend yourself against them later?
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Rock stars are good at making noise.
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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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It’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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Laughter is eternity if joy is real.
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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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Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.
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Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world.
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The great moments of rock ‘n’ roll were never off in some corner of the music world, in a self-constructed ghetto.
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