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I get to hear the really good or the really bad things in the press, but I don’t read it. I can afford to say that because public opinion does not drive U2’s audience.

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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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Emotional Feelings Originality
Every artist is a cannibal/every poet is a thief/all kill for inspiration/and then sing about the grief.
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Artist Grief Inspiration
When a nation is over-reliant on one or two commodities like oil or precious minerals, corrupt government ministers and their dodgy associates hoard profits and taxes instead of properly allocating them to schools and hospitals.
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Commodities Oil School Two
Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.
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Book Giving Persons
Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world.
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Inspirational Life Positive
If you pour your life into songs, you want them to be heard. It’s a desire to communicate. A deep desire to communicate inspires songwriting.
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Inspire Music Songs
Sometimes religion gets in the way of God.
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God Sometimes Way
Celebrity is ridiculous and silly and it’s mad that people like me are listened to – you know, rap stars and movie stars.
BONO

Movie Ridiculous Silly Stars
It’s still very difficult for me to rely. Your weakness, the blessing of your weakness is it forces you into friendships. The things that you lack, you look for in others.
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Blessing Looks Weakness
Distance does not decide who is your brother and who is not. The church is going to have to become the conscience of the free market if it’s to have any meaning in this world – and stop being its apologist.
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Brother Distance Unity
I think carrying moral baggage is very dangerous for an artist. If you have a duty, it’s to be true and not cover up the cracks.
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Artist Cracks Thinking
Facts, like people, want to be free – and when they’re free, liberty is usually around the corner.
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Inspiration Motivation People
In my view, the only thing worse than a rock star is a rock star with a conscience.
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Rocks Stars Views
I’m a musician. I write songs. I just hope when the day is done I’ve been able to tear a little corner off of the darkness.
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Darkness Song Writing
It’s stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.
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Ambition Chivalry Growth
Rock stars are good at making noise.
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Noise Rocks Stars

I get to hear the really good or the really bad things in the press, but I don’t read it. I can afford to say that because public opinion does not drive U2’s audience.

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I get to hear the really good or the really bad things in the press, but I don’t read it. I can afford to say that because public opinion does not drive U2’s audience.

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