U2 was involved in Live Aid, and I ended up going to Ethiopia and working there for some time with my wife, Ali.
BONOIn my dream, I was drowning my sorrows But my sorrows they learned to swim
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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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The extraction of oil, coal and minerals brought, and still brings, a cost to the environment.
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Let’s not bequeath the pop charts to just children.
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I wouldn’t run for President. I wouldn’t want to move to a smaller house.
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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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Facts, like people, want to be free – and when they’re free, liberty is usually around the corner.
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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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It’s much easier to be successful than it is to be relevant. The tricks won’t keep you relevant. Tricks might keep you popular for a while, but in all honesty,
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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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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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If I don’t understand it, it must be art.
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Jesus, Jesus help me. I’m alone in this world.
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Music can change the world because it can change people.
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Happy 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.
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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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