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?'
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.
BonoMarriage is this grand madness, and I think if people knew that, they would perhaps take it more seriously.
BonoThe great moments of rock 'n' roll were never off in some corner of the music world, in a self-constructed ghetto.
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