It is impossible to meet God without abandon, without exposing yourself, being raw.
BONOGod is so big. It’s a gigantic concept in God.
More Bono Quotes
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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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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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Religion can be the enemy of God. It’s often what happens when God, like Elvis, has left the building.
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You can never completely fill that hole-you can try with songs,family,faith and by living a full life…but when things are silent, you can still hear the hissing of what’s missing.
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I have been working for Africans since I was 18, when I got involved with the Nelson Mandela concerts. I got involved with debt cancellation because Desmond Tutu demanded that the world respond to that situation.
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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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But with Christ, we have access in a one-to-one relationship, for, as in the Old Testament, it was more one of worship and awe, a vertical relationship.
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I don’t know how U2 will stay relevant. I know we’ve got a future. I know we can fill stadiums. And yet with every record, I think, ‘Is this it? Are we still relevant?’
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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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Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.
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If I don’t understand it, it must be art.
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We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.
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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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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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It’s stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.
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