The only person who ever called me Paul was my father, so I always associate it with doing something wrong, you know. So, you know, occasionally, people will come up to me on the street and try to, you know, ingratiate themselves and call me Paul. I don’t like it, actually.
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More Bono Quotes
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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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To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.
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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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In my view, the only thing worse than a rock star is a rock star with a conscience.
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God is so big. It’s a gigantic concept in God.
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My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ.
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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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Every artist is a cannibal/every poet is a thief/all kill for inspiration/and then sing about the grief.
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The idea that there is one kind of African is of course ridiculous. Sometimes African entrepreneurs want to kill you because you are saying public health is the priority, not roads.
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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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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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Happy the country that lives on nothing but its wits; cursed be the one that thinks it can get rich by planting or digging or drilling for wealth.
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The French are so into themselves that they don’t even notice you.
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The extraction of oil, coal and minerals brought, and still brings, a cost to the environment.
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Sadly, I do my homework. I’ve a soft spot for the boring minutiae. I read the Charter of the United Nations before meeting with Kofi Annan.
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