Sometimes religion gets in the way of God.
BONOI’m a musician. I write songs. I just hope when the day is done I’ve been able to tear a little corner off of the darkness.
More Bono Quotes
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What turns me on about the digital age, what excited me personally, is that you have closed the gap between dreaming and doing. You see, it used to be that if you wanted to make a record of a song, you needed a studio and a producer. Now, you need a laptop.
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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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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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For all that “I was lost, I am found,” it is probably more accurate to say, “I was really lost, I’m a little less so at the moment.
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God is in the cries heard under the rubble of war. God is in the debris of wasted opportunity and lives, and God is with us if we are with them.
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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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The right to be irresponsible and stupid is something I hold very dear. And luckily it is something I do well.
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I put Catholic guilt to work pretty good for a rich rock star.
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Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world.
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I wouldn’t run for President. I wouldn’t want to move to a smaller house.
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I’m as skeptical as anyone would be about celebrities and causes – and I will dare to say to you that I don’t think of myself as a celebrity per se.
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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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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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Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.
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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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