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?’
BONOU2 was involved in Live Aid, and I ended up going to Ethiopia and working there for some time with my wife, Ali.
More Bono Quotes
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U2 is an original species… there are colours and feelings and emotional terrain that we occupy that is ours and ours alone.
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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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Jesus, Jesus help me. I’m alone in this world.
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Christians are hard to tolerate; I don’t know how Jesus does it
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The idea that there is one kind of African is of course ridiculous. Sometimes African entrepreneurs want to kill you because you are saying public health is the priority, not roads.
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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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Poverty breeds despair. We know this. Despair breeds violence. We know this. In turbulent times, isn’t it cheaper, and smarter, to make friends out of potential enemies than to defend yourself against them later?
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My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ.
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Laughter is eternity if joy is real.
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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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I put Catholic guilt to work pretty good for a rich rock star.
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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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Religion can be the enemy of God. It’s often what happens when God, like Elvis, has left the building.
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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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Every artist is a cannibal/every poet is a thief/all kill for inspiration/and then sing about the grief.
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