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 More Quotes by Bono More Quotes From Bono It's still very difficult for me to rely. Your weakness, the blessing of your weakness is it forces you into friendships. The things that you lack, you look for in others. Bono weakness blessing looks 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 waking wake-up memories I'm a singer, not a politician, and I think you don't want the two to get confused. It's not OK to be on CNN talking about people starving and then tell the interviewer that your new album is coming out in six months. Bono confused talking thinking Technology is huge; I wanted to learn about it. People might say that's odd, but I think it's odd if artists aren't interested in the world around them. I'm always chasing that. Bono technology artist thinking There's a point where you find yourself tiptoeing as an artist, and then you know that you're in the wrong place. Bono finding-yourself artist knows 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. Bono dog night long The extraction of oil, coal and minerals brought, and still brings, a cost to the environment. Bono coal oil cost There was a moment when Prince did rock & roll with a sponge-y seductive sound. I think that's what was in our head for 'Get On Your Boots.' But actually, the song is much more punk rock. Bono rocks song thinking If September 11th has taught us anything, it's certainly that the world has never been so interdependent. It is impossible now to be an island of prosperity in a sea of despair. Bono taught-us sea islands I'm home a lot. Because I live in Ireland, we can live under the celebrity radar. I might go missing for a whole year. Bono missing home years Rock stars are good at making noise. Bono rocks stars noise 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. Bono rolling albums artist The great moments of rock 'n' roll were never off in some corner of the music world, in a self-constructed ghetto. Bono ghetto rocks self The idea that there is one kind of African is of course ridiculous. Sometimes African entrepreneurs want to kill you because you are saying public health is the priority, not roads. Of course they are right to press for that issue, but so are we right, I believe, to argue for example that millions of children could and should be vaccinated. Bono believe children ideas What really turns me on about technology is not just the ability to get more songs on MP3 players. The revolution - this revolution - is much bigger than that. I hope, I believe. What turns me on about the digital age, what excites me personally, is that you have closed the gap between dreaming and doing. Bono dream song believe Marriage is this grand madness, and I think if people knew that, they would perhaps take it more seriously. Bono madness people thinking Particularly conservative Christians, I was very angry that they were not involved more in the AIDS emergency. Bono emergencies conservative christian Sometimes religion gets in the way of God. Bono sometimes way 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. Bono debt concerts world U2's best work has always been when we didn't know what we're doing. Bono best-work knows
