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.
BONOThe extraction of oil, coal and minerals brought, and still brings, a cost to the environment.
More Bono Quotes
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I will admit that we are attracted to issues that unify people rather than divide them.
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Stop asking God to bless what you’re doing. Find out what God’s doing. It’s already blessed.
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Let’s not bequeath the pop charts to just children.
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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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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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Every artist is a cannibal/every poet is a thief/all kill for inspiration/and then sing about the grief.
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The idea that God might love us and be interested in us is kind of huge and gigantic, but we turn it, because we’re small-minded, into this tiny, petty, often greedy version of God, that is religion.
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In general people put too much faith in the rich, the famous, the politicians, and not enough faith in themselves.
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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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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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Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world.
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I don’t know how U2 will stay relevant. I know we’ve got a future. I know we can fill stadiums. And yet with every record, I think, ‘Is this it? Are we still relevant?’
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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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There’s no retirement for an artist,its your way of living so theres no end to it.
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The great moments of rock ‘n’ roll were never off in some corner of the music world, in a self-constructed ghetto.
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