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. Bono More Quotes by Bono More Quotes From Bono In my dream, I was drowning my sorrows But my sorrows they learned to swim Bono sorrow swim dream When people say, you know, 'Good teacher,' 'Prophet,' 'Really nice guy'... this is not how Jesus thought of Himself. So you're left with a challenge in that, which is either Jesus was who he said he was or a complete and utter nut case. You have to make a choice on that. Bono nice teacher jesus What I like about pop music, and why I'm still attracted to it, is that in the end it becomes our folk music. Bono folks pops ends But with Christ, we have access in a one-to-one relationship, for, as in the Old Testament, it was more one of worship and awe, a vertical relationship. The New Testament, on the other hand, we look across at a Jesus who looks familiar, horizontal. The combination is what makes the Cross. Bono hands looks jesus Selling out is doing something you don't really want to do for money. That's what selling out is. Bono selling-out selling want 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. Bono ironic laughing people Convictions, in the end, they can be dangerous, but a world without them is just kind of an awful kind of gray, amorphous mass. Bono awful kind world 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. Bono trying father people Because you know when you first become famous, you start walking a little different because people are staring at you. Bono different littles people My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ. Bono understanding simple inspirational Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another. Bono persons giving book The right to be irresponsible and stupid is something I hold very dear. And luckily it is something I do well. Bono dear wells stupid I'm a musician. I write songs. I just hope when the day is done I've been able to tear a little corner off of the darkness. Bono darkness writing song Essentially, I'm a very real person; good and bad. And the public image is one of being very good, I suppose. But one of the reasons I'm attracted to people like Martin Luther King, Jr., Gandhi, Christ, to pacifism, is because naturally, I'm the guy that would not turn the other cheek - but, when people see you're attracted to that, they think you are that. Bono real kings thinking 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. Bono able self beautiful There is a root arrogance in any writer; a hugely arrogant assumption that anyone is going to listen to them. Bono arrogant arrogance roots Facebook are an amazing team, a brilliant team. It's a technology that brings people together. Bono technology team people 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 do - to put the fire out in Africa. History, like God, is watching what we do. Bono war believe book What turns me on about the digital age, what excited me personally, is that you have closed the gap between dreaming and doing. You see, it used to be that if you wanted to make a record of a song, you needed a studio and a producer. Now, you need a laptop. Bono dream song birthday I get to hear the really good or the really bad things in the press, but I don't read it. I can afford to say that because public opinion does not drive U2's audience. Bono audience public-opinion doe
