Overcoming my dad telling me that I could never amount to anything is what has made me the megalomaniac that you see today.
BonoSo what we're talking about here is human rights. The right to live like a human. The right to live, period. And what we're facing in Africa is an unprecedented threat to human dignity and equality.
BonoI felt rich when I was 20 years old and my wife was paying my bills. Just being in a band, I've always felt blessed.
BonoEssentially, I'm a very real person; good and bad. And the public image is one of being very good, I suppose. But one of the reasons I'm attracted to people like Martin Luther King, Jr., Gandhi, Christ, to pacifism, is because naturally, I'm the guy that would not turn the other cheek - but, when people see you're attracted to that, they think you are that.
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