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.
BONOConvictions, in the end, they can be dangerous, but a world without them is just kind of an awful kind of gray, amorphous mass.
More Bono Quotes
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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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In general people put too much faith in the rich, the famous, the politicians, and not enough faith in themselves.
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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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Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world.
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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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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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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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I truly believe that when the history books are written, our age will be remembered for three things: the war on terror, the digital revolution, and what we did – or did not do – to put the fire out in Africa. History, like God, is watching what we do.
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You’ve got to watch the politics of AIDS. The politics of AIDS can work both for and against the victims of AIDS.
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I will admit that we are attracted to issues that unify people rather than divide them.
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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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Because you know when you first become famous, you start walking a little different because people are staring at you.
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God is so big. It’s a gigantic concept in God.
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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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I wouldn’t run for President. I wouldn’t want to move to a smaller house.
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