Bono
Bono
Paul David Hewson, known by his stage name Bono, is an Irish singer-songwriter, musician, venture capitalist, businessman, and philanthropist. He is best known as the lead vocalist of rock band U2. Bono was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his future wife, Alison Stewart, and the future members of U2. Bono writes almost all U2 lyrics, frequently using religious, social, and political themes. During U2's early years, his lyrics contributed to...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth10 May 1960
CityGlasnevin, Ireland
CountryIreland
The human heart is greedy; it will use religion, color, or any other excuse to justify its greed. Blame the human heart.
You know, God has some really weird kids, and I find it hard to be in their company most of the time.
We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.
U2 is an original species... there are colours and feelings and emotional terrain that we occupy that is ours and ours alone.
Celebrity is ridiculous and silly and it's mad that people like me are listened to - you know, rap stars and movie stars.
To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.
You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves and making the world bend a bit, is very exciting. It's very real. It's very strong.
For all that "I was lost, I am found," it is probably more accurate to say, "I was really lost, I'm a little less so at the moment.
Whenever I see grace, I’m moved.
The most powerful idea that's entered the world in the last few thousand years - the idea of grace - is the reason I would like to be a Christian.
God is so big. It's a gigantic concept in God. The idea that God might love us and be interested in us is kind of huge and gigantic, but we turn it, because we're small-minded, into this tiny, petty, often greedy version of God, that is religion.
God is in the slums, in the cardboard boxes where the poor play house. God is in the silence of a mother who has infected her child with a virus that will end both their lives. God is in the cries heard under the rubble of war. God is in the debris of wasted opportunity and lives, and God is with us if we are with them.
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.
Stop asking God to bless what you're doing. Find out what God's doing. It's already blessed.