Bono Quotes
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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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Because I was suspicious of the traditional Christian church, I tended to tar them all with the same brush. That was a mistake, because there are righteous people working in a whole rainbow of belief systems - from Hasidic Jews to right-wing Bible Belters to charismatic Catholics.
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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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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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U2 was involved in Live Aid, and I ended up going to Ethiopia and working there for some time with my wife, Ali.
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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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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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But there is a difference between cozying up to power and being close to power.
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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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If I don't understand it, it must be art.
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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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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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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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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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Rock stars are good at making noise.
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I wish to begin again on a daily basis. To be born again every day is something that I try to do. And I'm deadly serious about that.
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What really turns me on about technology is not just the ability to get more songs on MP3 players. The revolution - this revolution - is much bigger than that. I hope, I believe. What turns me on about the digital age, what excites me personally, is that you have closed the gap between dreaming and doing.
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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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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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I'm actually starting to like more and more people who have convictions that are unpopular.
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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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Smack in the centre of contradiction is the place to be.
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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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You've got to watch the politics of AIDS. The politics of AIDS can work both for and against the victims of AIDS.