Bono Quotes

Irish - Musician Born: May 10, 1960

Music can change the world because it can change people. - Bono

Music can change the world because it can change people. Bono

Change, Music, People, Change The World

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

Good, Good Teacher, Teacher, Challenge

Jesus isn't lettin' you off the hook. The Scriptures don't let you off the hook so easily... When people say, you know, 'Good teacher', 'Prophet', 'Really nice guy' ... this is not how Jesus thought of Himself. Bono

Good, Good Teacher, Teacher, Thought

As a rock star, I have two instincts, I want to have fun, and I want to change the world. I have a chance to do both. Bono

Change, Fun, Change The World, World

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater. Bono

Respect, Great, Be Different, Right

When you truly accept that those children in some far off place in the global village have the same value as you in God's eyes or even in just your eyes, then your life is forever changed; you see something that you can't un-see. Bono

Life, Eyes, God, Children, Value, You

In my view, the only thing worse than a rock star is a rock star with a conscience. Bono

View, Rock, Rock Star, Only, Conscience

The great moments of rock 'n' roll were never off in some corner of the music world, in a self-constructed ghetto. Bono

Music, Great, World, Moments, Rock, Some

Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world. Bono

Live, World, You, Where, Should, Whether

My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them. Bono

Mistakes, Doing, Wrong, Heroes, Made

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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

Age, Me, Song, You, Digital, Doing

I'm the man that brought you the mullet. Bono

Man, You, Brought

When you align yourself with God's purpose as described in the Scriptures, something special happens to your life. Bono

Life, God, Yourself, You, Purpose, Your

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

Relationship, Look, Looks, New, Easter

Overcoming my dad telling me that I could never amount to anything is what has made me the megalomaniac that you see today. Bono

Today, Dad, Me, You, Never, Overcoming

Rock music is niche. Bono

Music, Rock, Rock Music, Niche

I think ABBA have a pure joy to their music and that's what makes them extraordinary. Bono

Music, Think, Joy, Pure, Extraordinary

God's Spirit moves through us and the world at a pace that can never be constricted by any one religious paradigm. Bono

God, World, Never, Spirit, Us, Through

It's annoying, but justice and equality are mates. Aren't they? Justice always wants to hang out with equality. And equality is a real pain. Bono

Pain, Equality, Justice, Always, Real

As a musician and a songwriter, it is an act of the ego to believe that other people might be interested in your point of view. But it is usually an empathetic nature that gets you going in the first place. Music keeps the heart porous in many ways. Bono

Nature, Music, Heart, People, Ego, View

I have learned to interface - what I think would be the contemporary term - with various different lexicons, and people speak very different languages. I've learned to speak in a lot of tongues, and I can live with the bellicose language of some fervent, fire-breathing Christians, sure. Bono

Live, People, Think, Language, Speak

Because I was suspicious of the traditional Christian church, I tended to tar them all with the same brush. That was a mistake, because there are righteous people working in a whole rainbow of belief systems - from Hasidic Jews to right-wing Bible Belters to charismatic Catholics. Bono

Mistake, People, Rainbow, Bible, Church

What's so powerful about the Psalms are, as well as they're being gospel and songs of praise, they are also the blues. Bono

Powerful, Blues, Praise, Songs, Well

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. Bono

Strong, World, You, Action, Dream, See

The less you know, the more you believe. Bono

Believe, You, Know, More, Less

Actually oddly enough, I think my work, the activism, will be forgotten. And I hope it will. Because I hope those problems will have gone away. Bono

Work, Hope, Think, Problems, Enough

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