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 great music for so many artists - the Beatles, the Rolling Stones - was always at the moment when they were closest to pop. It would be easy for U2 to go off and have a concept album, but I want us to stay in the pop fray.
Every artist is a cannibal/every poet is a thief/all kill for inspiration/and then sing about the grief.
I think carrying moral baggage is very dangerous for an artist. If you have a duty, it's to be true and not cover up the cracks.
If I don't understand it, it must be art.
The job of art is to chase ugliness away.
Jesus, Jesus help me. I'm alone in this world...
It's annoying, but justice and equality are mates. Aren't they? Justice always wants to hang out with equality. And equality is a real pain.
Smack in the centre of contradiction is the place to be.
Facts, like people, want to be free - and when they're free, liberty is usually around the corner.
You've got to watch the politics of AIDS. The politics of AIDS can work both for and against the victims of AIDS.
I will admit that we are attracted to issues that unify people rather than divide them.
There is a root arrogance in any writer; a hugely arrogant assumption that anyone is going to listen to them.
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.
Even though I'm a believer, I still find it really hard to be around other believers. They make me nervous, they make me twitch. I sorta watch my back.