The right to be irresponsible and stupid is something I hold very dear. And luckily it is something I do well.
BONOFor 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.
More Bono Quotes
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Essentially, I’m a very real person; good and bad. And the public image is one of being very good,
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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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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 fills in for words a lot of the time when people don’t know what to say, and I think music can be more eloquent than words.
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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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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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My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ.
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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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I put Catholic guilt to work pretty good for a rich rock star.
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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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Religion can be the enemy of God. It’s often what happens when God, like Elvis, has left the building.
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You’ve got to watch the politics of AIDS. The politics of AIDS can work both for and against the victims of AIDS.
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Rock stars are good at making noise.
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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.
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