I used to - my earliest memory of waking up with a melody in my head was, you know, 8, 9, 10. I've always heard kind of melodies in my head. Bono More Quotes by Bono More Quotes From Bono I'm never nervous when I go to meet heads of state. I feel they should be nervous, because they are the ones who'll be held accountable for the lives their decisions will impact the most. Bono nervous impact decision At a certain point, I just felt, you know, God is not looking for alms, God is looking for action. Bono alms action inspirational Celebrity is ridiculous and silly and it's mad that people like me are listened to - you know, rap stars and movie stars. Bono movie stars silly There's no retirement for an artist,its your way of living so theres no end to it. Bono mastery retirement art You see, Africa makes a fool of our idea of justice. It makes a farce of our idea of equality. It mocks our pieties. It doubts our concern. It questions our commitment. Because there is no way we can look at what's happening in Africa, and if we're honest, conclude that it would ever be allowed to happen anywhere else. Bono equality commitment ideas I felt rich when I was 20 years old and my wife was paying my bills. Just being in a band, I've always felt blessed. Bono wife blessed years Africa is a continent in flames. And deep down, if we really accepted that Africans were equal to us, we would all do more to put the fire out. We're standing around with watering cans, when what we really need is the fire brigade. Bono flames fire needs 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. Bono causes would-be thinking To touch is to heal, to hurt is to steal, If you want to kiss the sky, better learn how to kneel. On your knees, boy... Bono kissing hurt boys We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong. Bono thoughtful questions-and-answers perspective U2 is an original species... there are colours and feelings and emotional terrain that we occupy that is ours and ours alone. Bono originality emotional feelings 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?' Bono honesty successful thinking It's so sweet, I feel like my teeth are rotting when I listen to the radio. Bono teeth cynical sweet The fact is that ours is the first generation that can look disease and extreme poverty in the eye, look across the ocean to Africa, and say this, and mean it. We do not have to stand for this. A whole continent written off - we do not have to stand for this. Bono ocean eye mean Ethiopia didn't just blow my mind; it opened my mind. Anyway, on our last day at this orphanage a man handed me his baby and said, 'Would you take my son with you?' He knew, in Ireland, that his son would live, and that in Ethiopia, his son would die. Bono blow baby son 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. Bono music song positive Rock 'n' roll is ridiculous. It's absurd. In the past, U2 was trying to duck that. Now we're wrapping our arms around it and giving it a great big kiss. Bono ducks kissing past Distance does not decide who is your brother and who is not. The church is going to have to become the conscience of the free market if it's to have any meaning in this world - and stop being its apologist. Bono unity distance brother Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world. Bono positive inspirational life God's Spirit moves through us and the world at a pace that can never be constricted by any one religious paradigm. Bono pace religious moving
