Sometimes religion gets in the way of God.
BONOWe thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.
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God is so big. It’s a gigantic concept in God.
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It’s stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.
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Marriage is this grand madness, and I think if people knew that, they would perhaps take it more seriously.
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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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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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God is in the cries heard under the rubble of war. God is in the debris of wasted opportunity and lives, and God is with us if we are with them.
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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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Religion can be the enemy of God. It’s often what happens when God, like Elvis, has left the building.
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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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Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.
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U2 is sort of song writing by accident really. We don’t really know what we’re doing and when we do, it doesn’t seem to help.
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My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ.
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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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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 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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