Bono U2 Quotes & Sayings

Where you live should not determine whether you live, or whether you die. — Bono

Bono told me how to dance in high heels and he also told me about U2's Glastonbury performance and how everything that could have possibly gone wrong went wrong, including him ripping his trousers on stage. I think he was lunging and his trousers ripped! He was telling me how he had to find a new way of performing that didn't involve moving. — Florence Welch

Every age has its massive moral blind spots. We might not see them, but our children will. — Bono

In general people put too much faith in the rich, the famous, the politicians, and not enough faith in themselves. — Bono

It's much easier to be successful than it is to be relevant. The tricks won't keep you relevant. Tricks might keep you popular for a while, but in all honesty, I don't know how U2 will stay relevant. I know we've got a future. I know we can fill stadiums. And yet with every record, I think, 'Is this it? Are we still relevant?' — Bono

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

Bono has commented often that U2 did everything the wrong way around. Other bands started singing about girls and then found the issues in the cosmos and started singing about God; U2 started singing about God and eventually ended up doing a love album. — Steve Stockman

But more than anything else, for the British folks Irish people were all terrorists. So when we went to Britain, it was always a lot of resistance to U2. And that's why we came to America. — Bono

At a certain point, I just felt, you know, God is not looking for alms, God is looking for action. — Bono

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

Hanging out with politicians and corporations is very unhip work. But I think that the U2 audience have turned out to be incredibly subtle in their understanding. — Bono

U2 is sort of song writing by accident really. We don't really know what we're doing and when we do, it doesn't seem to help. — Bono

If I'm in the stands at a U2 concert watching Bono, how can I capture this moment without interrupting it and making it fake? — Casey Neistat

Feelings are much stronger than thoughts. We are all led by instinct, and our intellect catches up later — Bono

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

We all have views on what our Irishness means to us. Two members of the band were born in England and were raised in the Protestant faith. Bono's mother was Protestant and his father was Catholic. I was brought up Catholic. U2 are a living example of the kind of unity of faith and tradition that is possible in Northern Ireland. — Larry Mullen Jr.

People who know our music, they know who you are. They've been in the dark room, they know you better than your best friend, because you don't sing like that to your best friend, you don't sing in their ear. — Bono

I don't like the name, U2, actually. — Bono

U2's best work has always been when we didn't know what we're doing. — Bono

There are few people who define the word, 'rock star' better than U2's Bono. He's revered the world over not just for leading one of the biggest bands ever, but for his very public work on behalf of the underprivileged in Africa. — Daryn Kagan

Until it's on the radio or online, it's not real. With U2, our album isn't finished until it's in the stores. — Bono

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

Rock 'n' roll is ridiculous. It's absurd. In the past, U2 was trying to duck that. Now we're wrapping our arms around it and giving it a great big kiss. — Bono

The most profound voice of any musician I have ever heard. Joe (Strummer) took his message to the world, and the world listened. He managed to influence more than one generation with his innovative and determined manner, and I am not alone in repeatedly turning to his thoughts and lyrics when searching for inspiration. The Clash was the greatest rock band. They wrote the rule book for U2. — Bono