To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.
BONOGod is in the cries heard under the rubble of war. God is in the debris of wasted opportunity and lives, and God is with us if we are with them.
More Bono Quotes
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We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.
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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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There’s no retirement for an artist,its your way of living so theres no end to it.
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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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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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I put Catholic guilt to work pretty good for a rich rock star.
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The great music for so many artists – the Beatles, the Rolling Stones – was always at the moment when they were closest to pop. It would be easy for U2 to go off and have a concept album, but I want us to stay in the pop fray.
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God is so big. It’s a gigantic concept in God.
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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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Poverty breeds despair. We know this. Despair breeds violence. We know this. In turbulent times, isn’t it cheaper, and smarter, to make friends out of potential enemies than to defend yourself against them later?
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Laughter is eternity if joy is real.
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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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The extraction of oil, coal and minerals brought, and still brings, a cost to the environment.
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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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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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