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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 !”

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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

God People Pieces Thank
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.
BONO

Culture Rocks Stars
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.
BONO

Rocks Song Thinking
You don’t become an ‘artist’ unless you’ve got something missing somewhere. Blaise Pascal called it a God-shaped hole.
BONO

Cutting Loss Song
Because you know when you first become famous, you start walking a little different because people are staring at you.
BONO

Different Littles People
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

Honesty Successful Thinking
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.
BONO

Helping Song Writing
The great moments of rock ‘n’ roll were never off in some corner of the music world, in a self-constructed ghetto.
BONO

Ghetto Rocks Self
I put Catholic guilt to work pretty good for a rich rock star.
BONO

Catholic Rocks Stars
Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.
BONO

Book Giving Persons
The fact is that ours is the first generation that can look disease and extreme poverty in the eye, look across the ocean to Africa, and say this, and mean it. We do not have to stand for this. A whole continent written off – we do not have to stand for this.
BONO

Eye Mean Ocean
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

Breathing Christian Learn Sure
Happy the country that lives on nothing but its wits; cursed be the one that thinks it can get rich by planting or digging or drilling for wealth.
BONO

Country Digging Thinking
Poverty breeds despair. We know this. Despair breeds violence. We know this. In turbulent times, isn’t it cheaper, and smarter, to make friends out of potential enemies than to defend yourself against them later?
BONO

Despair Enemy Poverty
Sometimes religion gets in the way of God.
BONO

God Sometimes Way
In general people put too much faith in the rich, the famous, the politicians, and not enough faith in themselves.
BONO

General Much People Rich

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 !”

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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 !”

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