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The strangest thing has happened. I really missed my dog. That's never happened to me before. You know, on a long tour you do hear people saying they miss their pets. I never have. But last night I started really missing my dog. It's very odd, 'cause I don't have a dog.
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I might have to take the 12 steps to Workaholics Anonymous.
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There's a thin line between interesting music and self-indulgence. We crossed it on the Passengers record.
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Rock and roll isn't a career or hobby - it's a life force ... it's just something I have to do.
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The thing about The Dubliners is - line'em up, the hardest rock'n'roll bands in the world, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Oasis, Nirvana, U2 - we're all a bunch of girls next to The Dubliners.
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It's quite widespread in rock culture, that mythology of the shooting star. I'd rather be the North star. As bob (Dylan) says, you can navigate by it.
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I'm a minimalist at heart. If a song doesn't need a solo, I'm not going to force one into it.
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Jesus isn't lettin' you off the hook. The Scriptures don't let you off the hook so easily... When people say, you know, 'Good teacher', 'Prophet', 'Really nice guy' ... this is not how Jesus thought of Himself.
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Rock n roll stops the traffic
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There is a continent - Africa - being consumed by flames. 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 to - to put the fire out in Africa. History, like God, is watching what we do.
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The longer you've been acting, normally, the better you are at it. As a musician, it doesn't work like that.
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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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I think carrying moral baggage is very dangerous for an artist. If you have a duty, it's to be true and not cover up the cracks.
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I am, as a character, at times, a little overbearing. I recognize that.
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Let's not bequeath the pop charts to just children.
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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.
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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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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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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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What's so powerful about the Psalms are, as well as they're being gospel and songs of praise, they are also the blues.
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The great gifts of models are not that they're more beautiful than the next person, it's that they're able to be photographed and not be self-conscious.
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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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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 music is niche.