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
Facts, like people, want to be free - and when they're free, liberty is usually around the corner.
Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world.
At a certain point, I just felt, you know, God is not looking for alms, God is looking for action.
Every artist is a cannibal/every poet is a thief/all kill for inspiration/and then sing about the grief.
My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ.
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.
Music can change the world because it can change people.
My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them.
I've been embraced by a new community. That's what happens when you're finally honest about who you are; you find others like you.
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.
You've got to watch the politics of AIDS. The politics of AIDS can work both for and against the victims of AIDS.