U2 was involved in Live Aid, and I ended up going to Ethiopia and working there for some time with my wife, Ali.
BONOHappy the country that lives on nothing but its wits; cursed be the one that thinks it can get rich by planting or digging or drilling for wealth.
More Bono Quotes
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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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Marriage is this grand madness, and I think if people knew that, they would perhaps take it more seriously.
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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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The right to be irresponsible and stupid is something I hold very dear. And luckily it is something I do well.
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It’s still very difficult for me to rely. Your weakness, the blessing of your weakness is it forces you into friendships. The things that you lack, you look for in others.
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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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If you pour your life into songs, you want them to be heard. It’s a desire to communicate. A deep desire to communicate inspires songwriting.
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The extraction of oil, coal and minerals brought, and still brings, a cost to the environment.
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But more than anything else, for the British folks Irish people were all terrorists. So when we went to Britain, it was always a lot of resistance to U2. And that’s why we came to America.
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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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The less you know, the more you believe.
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I truly believe that when the history books are written, our age will be remembered for three things: the war on terror, the digital revolution, and what we did – or did not do – to put the fire out in Africa. History, like God, is watching what we do.
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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 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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