Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world.
BONOMusic can change the world because it can change people.
More Bono Quotes
-
-
If I don’t understand it, it must be art.
BONO -
I’m as skeptical as anyone would be about celebrities and causes – and I will dare to say to you that I don’t think of myself as a celebrity per se.
BONO -
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,
BONO -
Celebrity is ridiculous and silly and it’s mad that people like me are listened to – you know, rap stars and movie stars.
BONO -
You can never completely fill that hole-you can try with songs,family,faith and by living a full life…but when things are silent, you can still hear the hissing of what’s missing.
BONO -
But more than anything else, for the British folks Irish people were all terrorists. So when we went to Britain, it was always a lot of resistance to U2. And that’s why we came to America.
BONO -
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)
BONO -
U2 is an original species… there are colours and feelings and emotional terrain that we occupy that is ours and ours alone.
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 -
But with Christ, we have access in a one-to-one relationship, for, as in the Old Testament, it was more one of worship and awe, a vertical relationship.
BONO -
It’s stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.
BONO -
God is so big. It’s a gigantic concept in God.
BONO -
I’ve learned to speak in a lot of tongues, and I can live with the bellicose language of some fervent, fire-breathing Christians, sure.
BONO -
Essentially, I’m a very real person; good and bad. And the public image is one of being very good,
BONO -
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.
BONO