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.
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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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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Facts, like people, want to be free – and when they’re free, liberty is usually around the corner.
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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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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 stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.
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Jesus, Jesus help me. I’m alone in this world.
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The fact is that ours is the first generation that can look disease and extreme poverty in the eye, look across the ocean to Africa, and say this, and mean it. We do not have to stand for this. A whole continent written off – we do not have to stand for this.
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The idea that there is one kind of African is of course ridiculous. Sometimes African entrepreneurs want to kill you because you are saying public health is the priority, not roads.
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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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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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Christians are hard to tolerate; I don’t know how Jesus does it
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Sadly, I do my homework. I’ve a soft spot for the boring minutiae. I read the Charter of the United Nations before meeting with Kofi Annan.
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Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world.
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Happy the country that lives on nothing but its wits; cursed be the one that thinks it can get rich by planting or digging or drilling for wealth.
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You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves and making the world bend a bit, is very exciting. It’s very real. It’s very strong.
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