Bono Quotes
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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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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. I read the Meltzer report, and then I'll read C. Fred Bergsten's defense of institutions like the World Bank and the I.M.F. It's embarrassing to admit.
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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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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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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.
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The 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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If I don't understand it, it must be art.
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As a rock star, I have two instincts, I want to have fun, and I want to change the world. I have a chance to do both.
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Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world.
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Music fills in for words a lot of the time when people don't know what to say, and I think music can be more eloquent than words.
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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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Rock stars are good at making noise.
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I am, as a character, at times, a little overbearing. I recognize that.
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Rock music is niche.
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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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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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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.
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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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So what we're talking about here is human rights. The right to live like a human. The right to live, period. And what we're facing in Africa is an unprecedented threat to human dignity and equality.
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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.
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I'm actually starting to like more and more people who have convictions that are unpopular.
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Whenever I see grace, I’m moved.
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It's much easier to be successful than it is to be relevant. The tricks won't keep you relevant. Tricks might keep you popular for a while, but in all honesty, 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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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.