There’s no retirement for an artist,its your way of living so theres no end to it.
BONOYou’ve got to watch the politics of AIDS. The politics of AIDS can work both for and against the victims of AIDS.
More Bono Quotes
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The French are so into themselves that they don’t even notice 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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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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Let’s not bequeath the pop charts to just children.
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I’m as skeptical as anyone would be about celebrities and causes – and I will dare to say to you that I don’t think of myself as a celebrity per se.
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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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I think carrying moral baggage is very dangerous for an artist. If you have a duty, it’s to be true and not cover up the cracks.
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The fact is that ours is the first generation that can look disease and extreme poverty in the eye, look across the ocean to Africa, and say this, and mean it. We do not have to stand for this. A whole continent written off – we do not have to stand for this.
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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 wouldn’t run for President. I wouldn’t want to move to a smaller house.
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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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Music fills in for words a lot of the time when people don’t know what to say, and I think music can be more eloquent than words.
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I put Catholic guilt to work pretty good for a rich rock star.
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U2 is an original species… there are colours and feelings and emotional terrain that we occupy that is ours and ours alone.
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You don’t become an ‘artist’ unless you’ve got something missing somewhere. Blaise Pascal called it a God-shaped hole.
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