Sub-Saharan Africa is also home to 400 million of the world’s poorest people.
BONOWhere you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world.
More Bono Quotes
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The only person who ever called me Paul was my father, so I always associate it with doing something wrong, you know. So, you know, occasionally, people will come up to me on the street and try to, you know, ingratiate themselves and call me Paul. I don’t like it, actually.
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The less you know, the more you believe.
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I put Catholic guilt to work pretty good for a rich rock star.
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In general people put too much faith in the rich, the famous, the politicians, and not enough faith in themselves.
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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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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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It is impossible to meet God without abandon, without exposing yourself, being raw.
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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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Even though I’m a believer, I still find it really hard to be around other believers. They make me nervous, they make me twitch. I sorta watch my back.
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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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Music can change the world because it can change people.
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As a musician and a songwriter it is an act of the ego to believe that other people might be interested in your point of view. But it is usually an empathetic nature that gets you going in the first place. Music keeps the heart porous in many ways.
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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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We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.
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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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