Quotes by Bono

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

Religion can be the enemy of God. It’s often what happens when God, like Elvis, has left the building.

But with Christ, we have access in a one-to-one relationship, for, as in the Old Testament, it was more one of worship and awe, a vertical relationship. The New Testament, on the other hand, we look across at a Jesus who looks familiar, horizontal. The combination is what makes the Cross.

You’ve got to watch the politics of AIDS. The politics of AIDS can work both for and against the victims of AIDS.

I think ABBA have a pure joy to their music and that’s what makes them extraordinary.

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

Rock music is niche.

Music can change the world because it can change people.

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.

Selling out is doing something you don’t really want to do for money. That’s what selling out is.