Bono

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. ”

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. ”

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

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. ”

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. ”

I really have had to swallow my own prejudice at times. ”

Anyone that's involved in development has discovered that all the good work that's been done in development has been undone by the AIDS emergency. ”

Poverty breeds despair. We know this. Despair breeds violence. We know this. In turbulent times, isn't it cheaper, and smarter, to make friends out of potential enemies than to defend yourself against them later? ”

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. ”

U2 was involved in Live Aid, and I ended up going to Ethiopia and working there for some time with my wife, Ali. ”