The idea that God might love us and be interested in us is kind of huge and gigantic, but we turn it, because we’re small-minded, into this tiny, petty, often greedy version of God, that is religion.
BONOStop asking God to bless what you’re doing. Find out what God’s doing. It’s already blessed.
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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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Africa is a continent in flames. And deep down, if we really accepted that Africans were equal to us, we would all do more to put the fire out. We’re standing around with watering cans, when what we really need is the fire brigade.
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Sometimes religion gets in the way of God.
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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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What turns me on about the digital age, what excited me personally, is that you have closed the gap between dreaming and doing. You see, it used to be that if you wanted to make a record of a song, you needed a studio and a producer. Now, you need a laptop.
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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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It’s stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.
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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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Facts, like people, want to be free – and when they’re free, liberty is usually around the corner.
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Laughter is eternity if joy is real.
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Technology is huge; I wanted to learn about it. People might say that’s odd, but I think it’s odd if artists aren’t interested in the world around them. I’m always chasing that.
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Music can change the world because it can change people.
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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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My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ.
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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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