U2 Quotes
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My name is Bono and I am a rock star.
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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.
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You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves and making the world bend a bit, is very exciting. It's very real. It's very strong.
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Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.
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But there is a difference between cozying up to power and being close to power.
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Jamming is really the most awful, excruciating experience for me; I really don't enjoy it.
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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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The human heart is greedy; it will use religion, color, or any other excuse to justify its greed. Blame the human heart.
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And if I had to spend 20 years in the band just to play that show, I think it would have been worthwhile.
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For me, my awkward phase corresponded to an interest in rock n' roll. From experience, I'm guessing an insecure childhood is probably quite a common thing among people who start a rock band.
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Rock n roll stops the traffic
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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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I accept the Old Testament as more of an action movie: blood, car chases, evacuations, a lot of special effects, seas dividing, mass murder, adultery. The children of God are running amok, wayward. Maybe that's why they're so relatable.
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Let's not bequeath the pop charts to just children.
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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'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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What I like about pop music, and why I'm still attracted to it, is that in the end it becomes our folk music.