Bono

“I am a Christian - but sometimes I feel very removed from Christianity. The Jesus Christ that I believe in was the man who turned over the tables in the temple and threw the money-changers out - substitute T.V. evangelists if you like…why in the West, do we spend so much money on extending the arms race instead of wiping out malaria, which could be eradicated given ten minutes worth of the world's arm budget? To me, we are living in the most un-Christian times. When I see these racketeers, the snake-oil salesmen on these right-winged television stations, asking for not your $20.00, or your $50.00, but your $100.00 in the name of Jesus Christ, I just want to throw up!!”

“It's very important for Christians to be honest with God, which often, you know, God is much more interested in who you are than who you want to be.”

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

“You know, God has some really weird kids, and I find it hard to be in their company most of the time.”

“I'm home a lot. Because I live in Ireland, we can live under the celebrity radar. I might go missing for a whole year.”

“Jesus isn't lettin' you off the hook. The Scriptures don't let you off the hook so easily... When people say, you know, 'Good teacher', 'Prophet', 'Really nice guy' ... this is not how Jesus thought of Himself.”

“What really turns me on about technology is not just the ability to get more songs on MP3 players. The revolution - this revolution - is much bigger than that. I hope, I believe. What turns me on about the digital age, what excites me personally, is that you have closed the gap between dreaming and doing.”

“Sometimes religion gets in the way of God.”

“In my view, the only thing worse than a rock star is a rock star with a conscience.”

“U2's best work has always been when we didn't know what we're doing.”

“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.”

“Until it's on the radio or online, it's not real. With U2, our album isn't finished until it's in the stores.”

“So you cannot, as a Christian, walk away from Africa.”

“I don't like the name, U2, actually.”

“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.”

“Africa is a continent in flames. And deep down, if we really accepted that Africans were equal to us, we would all do more to put the fire out. We're standing around with watering cans, when what we really need is the fire brigade.”

“Facts, like people, want to be free - and when they're free, liberty is usually around the corner.”

“We're starting our own religion at last. The Order of Frisbeetarians. We believe that when you die, your soul ascends to a rooftop and you can never get it back.”

“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.”

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