Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.
BONOBooks! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.
BONOIn general people put too much faith in the rich, the famous, the politicians, and not enough faith in themselves.
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.
BONOI 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.
BONOWhat I like about pop music, and why I’m still attracted to it, is that in the end it becomes our folk music.
BONOConvictions, in the end, they can be dangerous, but a world without them is just kind of an awful kind of gray, amorphous mass.
BONOIn my view, the only thing worse than a rock star is a rock star with a conscience.
BONOEveryone’s got one but some are blacker and wider than others. It’s a feeling of being abandoned,cut adrift in space and time-sometimes following the loss of a loved one.
BONOU2 is sort of song writing by accident really. We don’t really know what we’re doing and when we do, it doesn’t seem to help.
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.
BONOLaughter is eternity if joy is real.
BONOI wouldn’t run for President. I wouldn’t want to move to a smaller house.
BONOIf I don’t understand it, it must be art.
BONOWhere you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world.
BONOI 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.
BONOI 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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