The great moments of rock ‘n’ roll were never off in some corner of the music world, in a self-constructed ghetto.
BONOWe thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.
More Bono Quotes
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If I don’t understand it, it must be art.
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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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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.
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I felt rich when I was 20 years old and my wife was paying my bills. Just being in a band, I’ve always felt blessed.
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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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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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I do see the good in people, but I also see the bad — I see it in myself. I know what I’m capable of. Good and bad. It’s very imnportant that we make that clear. Just because I often find a way around the darkness doesn’t mean tjat I don’t know it’s there. (Bono)
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What turns me on about the digital age, what excited me personally, is that you have closed the gap between dreaming and doing. You see, it used to be that if you wanted to make a record of a song, you needed a studio and a producer. Now, you need a laptop.
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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 less you know, the more you believe.
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It is impossible to meet God without abandon, without exposing yourself, being raw.
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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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Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world.
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It’s annoying, but justice and equality are mates. Aren’t they? Justice always wants to hang out with equality. And equality is a real pain.
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In my dream, I was drowning my sorrows But my sorrows they learned to swim
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