But more than anything else, for the British folks Irish people were all terrorists. So when we went to Britain, it was always a lot of resistance to U2. And that’s why we came to America.
BONOThe 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.
More Bono Quotes
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Poverty breeds despair. We know this. Despair breeds violence. We know this. In turbulent times, isn’t it cheaper, and smarter, to make friends out of potential enemies than to defend yourself against them later?
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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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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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Essentially, I’m a very real person; good and bad. And the public image is one of being very good,
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What I like about pop music, and why I’m still attracted to it, is that in the end it becomes our folk music.
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Let’s not bequeath the pop charts to just children.
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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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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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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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In general people put too much faith in the rich, the famous, the politicians, and not enough faith in themselves.
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The less you know, the more you believe.
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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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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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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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It’s stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.
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