In my view, the only thing worse than a rock star is a rock star with a conscience.
BONOIt is impossible to meet God without abandon, without exposing yourself, being raw.
More Bono Quotes
-
-
Facts, like people, want to be free – and when they’re free, liberty is usually around the corner.
BONO -
Technology is huge; I wanted to learn about it. People might say that’s odd, but I think it’s odd if artists aren’t interested in the world around them. I’m always chasing that.
BONO -
Even though I’m a believer, I still find it really hard to be around other believers. They make me nervous, they make me twitch. I sorta watch my back.
BONO -
I 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.
BONO -
Religion can be the enemy of God. It’s often what happens when God, like Elvis, has left the building.
BONO -
You’ve got to watch the politics of AIDS. The politics of AIDS can work both for and against the victims of AIDS.
BONO -
The French are so into themselves that they don’t even notice you.
BONO -
If I don’t understand it, it must be art.
BONO -
If September 11th has taught us anything, it’s certainly that the world has never been so interdependent. It is impossible now to be an island of prosperity in a sea of despair.
BONO -
It’s so sweet, I feel like my teeth are rotting when I listen to the radio.
BONO -
When those people get up at the Grammys and say, “I thank God”, I always imagine God going, “Oh, don’t, please don’t thank me for that one. Please, oh, that’s an awful one! Don’t thank me for that – that’s a piece of crap !”
BONO -
In my dream, I was drowning my sorrows But my sorrows they learned to swim
BONO -
The idea that God might love us and be interested in us is kind of huge and gigantic, but we turn it, because we’re small-minded, into this tiny, petty, often greedy version of God, that is religion.
BONO -
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.
BONO -
Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world.
BONO