In my view, the only thing worse than a rock star is a rock star with a conscience.
BONOEssentially, I’m a very real person; good and bad. And the public image is one of being very good,
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God is so big. It’s a gigantic concept in God.
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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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Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.
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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 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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It’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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Let’s not bequeath the pop charts to just children.
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When those people get up at the Grammys and say, “I thank God”, I always imagine God going, “Oh, don’t, please don’t thank me for that one. Please, oh, that’s an awful one! Don’t thank me for that – that’s a piece of crap !”
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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 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.
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Music can change the world because it can change people.
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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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It is impossible to meet God without abandon, without exposing yourself, being raw.
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You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves and making the world bend a bit, is very exciting. It’s very real. It’s very strong.
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The less you know, the more you believe.
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