Bono

“But with Christ, we have access in a one-to-one relationship, for, as in the Old Testament, it was more one of worship and awe, a vertical relationship. The New Testament, on the other hand, we look across at a Jesus who looks familiar, horizontal. The combination is what makes the Cross.”

— Bono

“Actually oddly enough, I think my work, the activism, will be forgotten. And I hope it will. Because I hope those problems will have gone away.”

— Bono

“Music can change the world because it can change people.”

— Bono

“The great moments of rock 'n' roll were never off in some corner of the music world, in a self-constructed ghetto.”

— Bono

“Selling out is doing something you don't really want to do for money. That's what selling out is.”

— Bono

“When a nation is over-reliant on one or two commodities like oil or precious minerals, corrupt government ministers and their dodgy associates hoard profits and taxes instead of properly allocating them to schools and hospitals.”

— Bono

“I think ABBA have a pure joy to their music and that's what makes them extraordinary.”

— Bono

“Religion can be the enemy of God. It's often what happens when God, like Elvis, has left the building.”

— Bono

“I accept the Old Testament as more of an action movie: blood, car chases, evacuations, a lot of special effects, seas dividing, mass murder, adultery. The children of God are running amok, wayward. Maybe that's why they're so relatable.”

— Bono

“To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.”

— Bono

“Marriage is this grand madness, and I think if people knew that, they would perhaps take it more seriously.”

— Bono

“Sub-Saharan Africa is also home to 400 million of the world's poorest people.”

— Bono

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

— 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

“You 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.”

— Bono

“Overcoming my dad telling me that I could never amount to anything is what has made me the megalomaniac that you see today.”

— Bono

“Because you know when you first become famous, you start walking a little different because people are staring at you.”

— Bono

“It's a privilege to serve the poor, to be servants of noble Africans, but I better belong in the rehearsal room or in the studio with my band. That's where I want to be and I still wake up in the morning with melodies in my head.”

— Bono

“You've got to watch the politics of AIDS. The politics of AIDS can work both for and against the victims of AIDS.”

— Bono

“As a rock star, I have two instincts, I want to have fun, and I want to change the world. I have a chance to do both.”

— Bono