The great moments of rock ‘n’ roll were never off in some corner of the music world, in a self-constructed ghetto.
BONOI put Catholic guilt to work pretty good for a rich rock star.
More Bono Quotes
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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.
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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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U2 was involved in Live Aid, and I ended up going to Ethiopia and working there for some time with my wife, Ali.
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In my dream, I was drowning my sorrows But my sorrows they learned to swim
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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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The less you know, the more you believe.
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If I don’t understand it, it must be art.
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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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Laughter is eternity if joy is real.
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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.
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Let’s not bequeath the pop charts to just children.
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You don’t become an ‘artist’ unless you’ve got something missing somewhere. Blaise Pascal called it a God-shaped hole.
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There’s no retirement for an artist,its your way of living so theres no end to it.
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Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world.
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U2 is an original species… there are colours and feelings and emotional terrain that we occupy that is ours and ours alone.
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