Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.
BONOYou’ve got to watch the politics of AIDS. The politics of AIDS can work both for and against the victims of AIDS.
More Bono Quotes
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Jesus, Jesus help me. I’m alone in this world.
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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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Celebrity is ridiculous and silly and it’s mad that people like me are listened to – you know, rap stars and movie stars.
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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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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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You can never completely fill that hole-you can try with songs,family,faith and by living a full life…but when things are silent, you can still hear the hissing of what’s missing.
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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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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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I think carrying moral baggage is very dangerous for an artist. If you have a duty, it’s to be true and not cover up the cracks.
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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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To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.
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The less you know, the more you believe.
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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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Music can change the world because it can change people.
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The extraction of oil, coal and minerals brought, and still brings, a cost to the environment.
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