The extraction of oil, coal and minerals brought, and still brings, a cost to the environment.
BONOCelebrity is ridiculous and silly and it’s mad that people like me are listened to – you know, rap stars and movie stars.
More Bono Quotes
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Sadly, I do my homework. I’ve a soft spot for the boring minutiae. I read the Charter of the United Nations before meeting with Kofi Annan.
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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.
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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.
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As a musician and a songwriter it is an act of the ego to believe that other people might be interested in your point of view. But it is usually an empathetic nature that gets you going in the first place. Music keeps the heart porous in many ways.
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I will admit that we are attracted to issues that unify people rather than divide them.
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In my view, the only thing worse than a rock star is a rock star with a conscience.
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You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves and making the world bend a bit, is very exciting. It’s very real. It’s very strong.
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Music can change the world because it can change people.
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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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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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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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Facts, like people, want to be free – and when they’re free, liberty is usually around the corner.
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The 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.
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The great gifts of models are not that they’re more beautiful than the next person, it’s that they’re able to be photographed and not be self-conscious.
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Rock stars are good at making noise.
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