In my view, the only thing worse than a rock star is a rock star with a conscience.
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.
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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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There was a moment when Prince did rock & roll with a sponge-y seductive sound. I think that’s what was in our head for ‘Get On Your Boots.’ But actually, the song is much more punk rock.
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Jesus, Jesus help me. I’m alone in this world.
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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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Christians are hard to tolerate; I don’t know how Jesus does it
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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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If you pour your life into songs, you want them to be heard. It’s a desire to communicate. A deep desire to communicate inspires songwriting.
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But with Christ, we have access in a one-to-one relationship, for, as in the Old Testament, it was more one of worship and awe, a vertical relationship.
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Even though I’m a believer, I still find it really hard to be around other believers. They make me nervous, they make me twitch. I sorta watch my back.
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U2 was involved in Live Aid, and I ended up going to Ethiopia and working there for some time with my wife, Ali.
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The extraction of oil, coal and minerals brought, and still brings, a cost to the environment.
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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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I get to hear the really good or the really bad things in the press, but I don’t read it. I can afford to say that because public opinion does not drive U2’s audience.
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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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The fact is that ours is the first generation that can look disease and extreme poverty in the eye, look across the ocean to Africa, and say this, and mean it. We do not have to stand for this. A whole continent written off – we do not have to stand for this.
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