It’s still very difficult for me to rely. Your weakness, the blessing of your weakness is it forces you into friendships. The things that you lack, you look for in others.
BONOThe 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.
More Bono Quotes
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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.
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What I like about pop music, and why I’m still attracted to it, is that in the end it becomes our folk music.
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Because you know when you first become famous, you start walking a little different because people are staring at you.
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The French are so into themselves that they don’t even notice you.
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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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If I don’t understand it, it must be art.
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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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I will admit that we are attracted to issues that unify people rather than divide them.
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U2 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.
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Rock stars are good at making noise.
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I wouldn’t run for President. I wouldn’t want to move to a smaller house.
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Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world.
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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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It’s annoying, but justice and equality are mates. Aren’t they? Justice always wants to hang out with equality. And equality is a real pain.
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If you pour your life into songs, you want them to be heard. It’s a desire to communicate. A deep desire to communicate inspires songwriting.
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