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.
BONOU2 was involved in Live Aid, and I ended up going to Ethiopia and working there for some time with my wife, Ali.
More Bono Quotes
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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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I wouldn’t run for President. I wouldn’t want to move to a smaller house.
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I will admit that we are attracted to issues that unify people rather than divide them.
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You can never completely fill that hole-you can try with songs,family,faith and by living a full life…but when things are silent, you can still hear the hissing of what’s missing.
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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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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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Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world.
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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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To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.
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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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Sometimes religion gets in the way of God.
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It is impossible to meet God without abandon, without exposing yourself, being raw.
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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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God is so big. It’s a gigantic concept in God.
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