Celebrity is ridiculous and silly and it’s mad that people like me are listened to – you know, rap stars and movie stars.
BONOThe great moments of rock ‘n’ roll were never off in some corner of the music world, in a self-constructed ghetto.
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Sadly, I do my homework. I’ve a soft spot for the boring minutiae. I read the Charter of the United Nations before meeting with Kofi Annan.
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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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Laughter is eternity if joy is real.
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The French are so into themselves that they don’t even notice you.
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I truly believe that when the history books are written, our age will be remembered for three things: the war on terror, the digital revolution, and what we did – or did not do – to put the fire out in Africa. History, like God, is watching what we do.
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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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The extraction of oil, coal and minerals brought, and still brings, a cost to the environment.
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If September 11th has taught us anything, it’s certainly that the world has never been so interdependent. It is impossible now to be an island of prosperity in a sea of despair.
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I’ve learned to speak in a lot of tongues, and I can live with the bellicose language of some fervent, fire-breathing Christians, sure.
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Music can change the world because it can change people.
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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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In my dream, I was drowning my sorrows But my sorrows they learned to swim
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If I don’t understand it, it must be art.
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Every artist is a cannibal/every poet is a thief/all kill for inspiration/and then sing about the grief.
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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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