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.
BonoI wish to begin again on a daily basis. To be born again every day is something that I try to do. And I'm deadly serious about that.
BonoThere was a moment when Prince did rock & roll with a sponge-y seductive sound. I think that's what was in our head for 'Get On Your Boots.' But actually, the song is much more punk rock.
BonoYou've got to watch the politics of AIDS. The politics of AIDS can work both for and against the victims of AIDS.
BonoU2 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.
BonoYou see, Africa makes a fool of our idea of justice. It makes a farce of our idea of equality. It mocks our pieties. It doubts our concern. It questions our commitment. Because there is no way we can look at what's happening in Africa, and if we're honest, conclude that it would ever be allowed to happen anywhere else.
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