God is in the cries heard under the rubble of war. God is in the debris of wasted opportunity and lives, and God is with us if we are with them.
BONOPoverty 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?
More Bono Quotes
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It’s stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.
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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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I put Catholic guilt to work pretty good for a rich rock star.
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Convictions, in the end, they can be dangerous, but a world without them is just kind of an awful kind of gray, amorphous mass.
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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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But more than anything else, for the British folks Irish people were all terrorists. So when we went to Britain, it was always a lot of resistance to U2. And that’s why we came to America.
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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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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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It’s much easier to be successful than it is to be relevant. The tricks won’t keep you relevant. Tricks might keep you popular for a while, but in all honesty,
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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.
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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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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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In general people put too much faith in the rich, the famous, the politicians, and not enough faith in themselves.
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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 will admit that we are attracted to issues that unify people rather than divide them.
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