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
Music can change the world because it can change people.
The job of art is to chase ugliness away.
In general people put too much faith in the rich, the famous, the politicians, and not enough faith in themselves.
As a musician and a songwriter, it is an act of the ego to believe that other people might be interested in your point of view. But it is usually an empathetic nature that gets you going in the first place. Music keeps the heart porous in many ways.
Every age has its massive moral blind spots. We might not see them, but our children will.
My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them.
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.
Because I was suspicious of the traditional Christian church, I tended to tar them all with the same brush. That was a mistake, because there are righteous people working in a whole rainbow of belief systems - from Hasidic Jews to right-wing Bible Belters to charismatic Catholics.
I think 'Invisible' is a great song, but I don't know how accessible it is.
America is not just a country, it's an idea, and real Americans are getting busy.
So you cannot, as a Christian, walk away from Africa.
I really have had to swallow my own prejudice at times.
I don't let my religious world get too complicated.
Music keeps the heart porous in many ways.