Bono Quotes & Sayings (Page 11)

“Music keeps the heart porous in many ways.”

“Rock stars are good at making noise.”

“So you cannot, as a Christian, walk away from Africa.”

“U2's best work has always been when we didn't know what we're doing.”

“I really have had to swallow my own prejudice at times.”

“I'm never nervous.”

“I used to love Kurt Cobain, when he was telling people we're a pop band. People would laugh, they thought of it as good old ironic Kurt. But he wasn't being ironic.”

“Poverty breeds despair. We know this. Despair breeds violence. We know this. In turbulent times, isn't it cheaper, and smarter, to make friends out of potential enemies than to defend yourself against them later?”

“It's a privilege to serve the poor, to be servants of noble Africans, but I better belong in the rehearsal room or in the studio with my band. That's where I want to be and I still wake up in the morning with melodies in my head.”

“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.”