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.
BONOIn my dream, I was drowning my sorrows But my sorrows they learned to swim
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The great gifts of models are not that they’re more beautiful than the next person, it’s that they’re able to be photographed and not be self-conscious.
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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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I wouldn’t run for President. I wouldn’t want to move to a smaller house.
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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 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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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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Laughter is eternity if joy is real.
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In my dream, I was drowning my sorrows But my sorrows they learned to swim
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It is impossible to meet God without abandon, without exposing yourself, being raw.
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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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In my view, the only thing worse than a rock star is a rock star with a conscience.
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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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I have been working for Africans since I was 18, when I got involved with the Nelson Mandela concerts. I got involved with debt cancellation because Desmond Tutu demanded that the world respond to that situation.
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If I don’t understand it, it must be art.
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If September 11th has taught us anything, it’s certainly that the world has never been so interdependent. It is impossible now to be an island of prosperity in a sea of despair.
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