U2 is an original species… there are colours and feelings and emotional terrain that we occupy that is ours and ours alone.
BONOEvery artist is a cannibal/every poet is a thief/all kill for inspiration/and then sing about the grief.
More Bono Quotes
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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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In my dream, I was drowning my sorrows But my sorrows they learned to swim
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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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It’s so sweet, I feel like my teeth are rotting when I listen to the radio.
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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 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 put Catholic guilt to work pretty good for a rich rock star.
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Celebrity is ridiculous and silly and it’s mad that people like me are listened to – you know, rap stars and movie stars.
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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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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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Music can change the world because it can change people.
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U2 was involved in Live Aid, and I ended up going to Ethiopia and working there for some time with my wife, Ali.
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The French are so into themselves that they don’t even notice you.
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Africa is a continent in flames. And deep down, if we really accepted that Africans were equal to us, we would all do more to put the fire out. We’re standing around with watering cans, when what we really need is the fire brigade.
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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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I will admit that we are attracted to issues that unify people rather than divide them.
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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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Christians are hard to tolerate; I don’t know how Jesus does it
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It’s stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.
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It is impossible to meet God without abandon, without exposing yourself, being raw.
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You’ve got to watch the politics of AIDS. The politics of AIDS can work both for and against the victims of AIDS.
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Religion can be the enemy of God. It’s often what happens when God, like Elvis, has left the building.
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I do see the good in people, but I also see the bad — I see it in myself. I know what I’m capable of. Good and bad. It’s very imnportant that we make that clear. Just because I often find a way around the darkness doesn’t mean tjat I don’t know it’s there. (Bono)
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When a nation is over-reliant on one or two commodities like oil or precious minerals, corrupt government ministers and their dodgy associates hoard profits and taxes instead of properly allocating them to schools and hospitals.
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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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God is so big. It’s a gigantic concept in God.
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