quotes by Bono

"Pop music often tells you everything is OK, while rock music tells you that it's not OK, but you can change it."
— Bono (On the Move)

"Sometimes religion gets in the way of God."
— Bono

"Dream up the kind of world you want to live in. Dream out loud."
— Bono

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

"Christians are hard to tolerate; I don’t know how Jesus does it"
— Bono

"Every age has its massive moral blind spots. We might not see them, but our children will."
— Bono (U2 by U2)

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

"You don't become an 'artist' unless you've got something missing somewhere. Blaise Pascal called it a God-shaped hole. Everyone's got one but some are blacker and wider than others. It's a feeling of being abandoned,cut adrift in space and time-sometimes following the loss of a loved one. You can never completely fill that hole-you can try with songs,family,faith and by living a full life...but when things are silent, you can still hear the hissing of what's missing."
— Bono

"Even though I'm a believer, I still find it really hard to be around other believers. They make me nervous, they make me twitch. I sorta watch my back."
— Bono

"We're starting our own religion at last. The Order of Frisbeetarians. We believe that when you die, your soul ascends to a rooftop and you can never get it back."
— Bono

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

"Laughter is eternity if joy is real."
— Bono

"I'm a musician. I write songs. I just hope when the day is done I've been able to tear a little corner off of the darkness."
— Bono

"I love America and I hate it. I'm torn between the two. I have two conflicting visions of America. One is a kind of dream landscape and the other is a kind of black comedy."
— Bono

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

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

"Perspective is the cure for depression."
— Bono

"I will admit that we are attracted to issues that unify people rather than divide them."
— Bono

"The human heart is greedy; it will use religion, color, or any other excuse to justify its greed. Blame the human heart."
— Bono

"There is a root arrogance in any writer; a hugely arrogant assumption that anyone is going to listen to them."
— Bono

"Whenever I see grace, I’m moved."
— Bono

"There's a point where you find yourself tiptoeing as an artist, and then you know that you're in the wrong place."
— Bono

"The right to be irresponsible and stupid is something I hold very dear. And luckily it is something I do well."
— Bono