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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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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Sub-Saharan Africa is also home to 400 million of the world’s poorest people.
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It’s much easier to be successful than it is to be relevant. The tricks won’t keep you relevant. Tricks might keep you popular for a while, but in all honesty,
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The great moments of rock ‘n’ roll were never off in some corner of the music world, in a self-constructed ghetto.
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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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It’s so sweet, I feel like my teeth are rotting when I listen to the radio.
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God 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.
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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’s stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.
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It is impossible to meet God without abandon, without exposing yourself, being raw.
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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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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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Essentially, I’m a very real person; good and bad. And the public image is one of being very good,
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There was a moment when Prince did rock & roll with a sponge-y seductive sound. I think that’s what was in our head for ‘Get On Your Boots.’ But actually, the song is much more punk rock.
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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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