The great moments of rock ‘n’ roll were never off in some corner of the music world, in a self-constructed ghetto.
BONOIn my dream, I was drowning my sorrows But my sorrows they learned to swim
More Bono Quotes
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I wouldn’t run for President. I wouldn’t want to move to a smaller house.
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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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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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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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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?’
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I’m as skeptical as anyone would be about celebrities and causes – and I will dare to say to you that I don’t think of myself as a celebrity per se.
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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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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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As a musician and a songwriter it is an act of the ego to believe that other people might be interested in your point of view. But it is usually an empathetic nature that gets you going in the first place. Music keeps the heart porous in many ways.
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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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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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Laughter is eternity if joy is real.
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Christians are hard to tolerate; I don’t know how Jesus does it
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It’s so sweet, I feel like my teeth are rotting when I listen to the radio.
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In my dream, I was drowning my sorrows But my sorrows they learned to swim
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