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.”

“I felt rich when I was 20 years old and my wife was paying my bills. Just being in a band, I've always felt blessed.”

“Entrepreneurial capitalism takes more people out of poverty than aid.”

“One Life, with each other, Sisters, Brothers...”

“You see, at the center of all religions is the idea of Karma. You know, what you put out comes back to you: an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, or in physics; in physical laws every action is met by an equal or an opposite one. It's clear to me that Karma is at the very heart of the universe. I'm absolutely sure of it. And yet, along comes this idea called Grace to upend all that "as you reap, so you will sow" stuff. Grace defies reason and logic. Love interrupts, if you like, the consequences of your actions, which in my case is very good news indeed, because I've done a lot of stupid stuff. But I'd be in big trouble if Karma was going to finally be my judge. I'd be in deep s---. It doesn't excuse my mistakes, but I'm holding out for Grace. I'm holding out that Jesus took my sins onto the Cross, because I know who I am, and I hope I don't have to depend on my own religiosity”

“The only person who ever called me Paul was my father, so I always associate it with doing something wrong, you know. So, you know, occasionally, people will come up to me on the street and try to, you know, ingratiate themselves and call me Paul. I don't like it, actually.”

“Pop music often tells you everything is OK, while rock music tells you that it's not OK, but you can change it.”

“What turns me on about the digital age, what excited me personally, is that you have closed the gap between dreaming and doing. You see, it used to be that if you wanted to make a record of a song, you needed a studio and a producer. Now, you need a laptop.”

“My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ. Christ teaches that God is love.”

“But more than anything else, for the British folks Irish people were all terrorists. So when we went to Britain, it was always a lot of resistance to U2. And that's why we came to America.”

“U2 is sort of song writing by accident really. We don't really know what we're doing and when we do, it doesn't seem to help.”

“David was "a star, the Elvis of the Bible." An unusually for such a rockstar with his lust for power, lust for women, lust for life, he had humility of one who knew his gift work harder than he ever would.”

“Rock stars are good at making noise.”

“Distance does not decide who is your brother and who is not. The church is going to have to become the conscience of the free market if it's to have any meaning in this world - and stop being its apologist.”

“I believe that Jesus was, you know, the Son of God. And I understand that... we need to be really, really respectful to people who find that ridiculous and... preposterous.”

“I really have had to swallow my own prejudice at times.”

“Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.”

“I think 'Invisible' is a great song, but I don't know how accessible it is.”

“The less you know, the more you believe.”

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