Religion can be the enemy of God. It’s often what happens when God, like Elvis, has left the building.
BONOEvery artist is a cannibal/every poet is a thief/all kill for inspiration/and then sing about the grief.
More Bono Quotes
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The French are so into themselves that they don’t even notice you.
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Music can change the world because it can change people.
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There’s no retirement for an artist,its your way of living so theres no end to it.
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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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In my dream, I was drowning my sorrows But my sorrows they learned to swim
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Rock stars are good at making noise.
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Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.
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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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Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world.
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I put Catholic guilt to work pretty good for a rich rock star.
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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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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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U2 was involved in Live Aid, and I ended up going to Ethiopia and working there for some time with my wife, Ali.
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Jesus, Jesus help me. I’m alone in this world.
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It’s stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.
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