The great moments of rock ‘n’ roll were never off in some corner of the music world, in a self-constructed ghetto.
BONOAfrica 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.
More Bono Quotes
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The extraction of oil, coal and minerals brought, and still brings, a cost to the environment.
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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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God is so big. It’s a gigantic concept in God.
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Essentially, I’m a very real person; good and bad. And the public image is one of being very good,
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I put Catholic guilt to work pretty good for a rich rock star.
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I think carrying moral baggage is very dangerous for an artist. If you have a duty, it’s to be true and not cover up the cracks.
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Music fills in for words a lot of the time when people don’t know what to say, and I think music can be more eloquent than words.
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As a musician and a songwriter it is an act of the ego to believe that other people might be interested in your point of view. But it is usually an empathetic nature that gets you going in the first place. Music keeps the heart porous in many ways.
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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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Convictions, in the end, they can be dangerous, but a world without them is just kind of an awful kind of gray, amorphous mass.
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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 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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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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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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