Bono

I remember how my mother would bring us to chapel on Sundays... and my father used to wait outside. One of the things that I picked up from my father and my mother was the sense that religion often gets in the way of God. For me, at least, it got in the way. ”

America is not just a country, it's an idea, and real Americans are getting busy. ”

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. ”

Celebrity is ridiculous and silly and it's mad that people like me are listened to - you know, rap stars and movie stars. ”

Particularly conservative Christians, I was very angry that they were not involved more in the AIDS emergency. ”

I'm never nervous. ”

Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another. ”

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. ”

U2 is an original species... there are colours and feelings and emotional terrain that we occupy that is ours and ours alone. ”

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. ”