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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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The only person who ever called me Paul was my father, so I always associate it with doing something wrong, you know. So, you know, occasionally, people will come up to me on the street and try to, you know, ingratiate themselves and call me Paul. I don't like it, actually.
Bono U2
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Actually oddly enough, I think my work, the activism, will be forgotten. And I hope it will. Because I hope those problems will have gone away.
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As hard as it is, as ghetto as it is, hip-hop is pop music. It's the sound of music getting out of the ghetto, while rock is looking for a ghetto.
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When people say, you know, 'Good teacher,' 'Prophet,' 'Really nice guy'... this is not how Jesus thought of Himself. So you're left with a challenge in that, which is either Jesus was who he said he was or a complete and utter nut case. You have to make a choice on that.
Bono U2 -
Anyone that's involved in development has discovered that all the good work that's been done in development has been undone by the AIDS emergency.
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I think 'Invisible' is a great song, but I don't know how accessible it is.
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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.
Bono U2
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I remember how my mother would bring us to chapel on Sundays... and my father used to wait outside. One of the things that I picked up from my father and my mother was the sense that religion often gets in the way of God. For me, at least, it got in the way.
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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.
Bono U2 -
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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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.
Bono U2 -
It's very important for Christians to be honest with God, which often, you know, God is much more interested in who you are than who you want to be.
Bono U2 -
Contrary to reports, this boy is not a billionaire or going to be richer than any Beatle - and not just in the sense of money, by the way. The Beatles are untouchable. That’s just a joke.
Bono U2
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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.
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U2's best work has always been when we didn't know what we're doing.
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These are hard subjects to talk about because you can sound like such a dickhead. I'm the sort of character who's got to have an anchor. I want to be around immovable objects. I want to build my house on a rock, because even if the waters are not high around the house, I'm going to bring back a storm. I have that in me. So it's sort of underpinning for me.
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You don't become an 'artist' unless you've got something missing somewhere. Blaise Pascal called it a God-shaped hole. Everyone's got one but some are blacker and wider than others. It's a feeling of being abandoned,cut adrift in space and time-sometimes following the loss of a loved one. 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'm actually starting to like more and more people who have convictions that are unpopular.
Bono U2 -
Rock stars are good at making noise.
Bono U2
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Pop music often tells you everything is OK, while rock music tells you that it's not OK, but you can change it.
Bono U2 -
Contrary to reports, this boy is not a billionaire or going to be richer than any Beatle... and not just in the sense of money, by the way; the Beatles are untouchable - those billionaire reports are a joke.
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Smack in the centre of contradiction is the place to be.
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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.
Bono U2