There’s no retirement for an artist,its your way of living so theres no end to it.
BONOThere’s no retirement for an artist,its your way of living so theres no end to it.
BONOFacts, like people, want to be free – and when they’re free, liberty is usually around the corner.
BONOU2 is an original species… there are colours and feelings and emotional terrain that we occupy that is ours and ours alone.
BONOCelebrity is ridiculous and silly and it’s mad that people like me are listened to – you know, rap stars and movie stars.
BONOLet’s not bequeath the pop charts to just children.
BONOThe 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.
BONOIt’s stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.
BONOIt’s still very difficult for me to rely. Your weakness, the blessing of your weakness is it forces you into friendships. The things that you lack, you look for in others.
BONOYou 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.
BONOI 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.
BONOI get to hear the really good or the really bad things in the press, but I don’t read it. I can afford to say that because public opinion does not drive U2’s audience.
BONOChristians are hard to tolerate; I don’t know how Jesus does it
BONOBut with Christ, we have access in a one-to-one relationship, for, as in the Old Testament, it was more one of worship and awe, a vertical relationship.
BONOWhat I like about pop music, and why I’m still attracted to it, is that in the end it becomes our folk music.
BONOIt’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.
BONOWhere you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world.
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