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
No matter how revolutionary something is, if you keep doing it over and over and over then it does loses it's excitement and it's high dynamics and people get used to ... get used to it like anything else you know um and then it just becomes a normal deal and then it becomes not very interesting at all.
What is qualified? What have I been qualified for in my life? I haven't been qualified to be a mayor. I'm not qualified to be a songwriter. I'm not qualified to be a TV producer. I'm not qualified to be a successful businessman. And so, I don't know what qualified means.
With all due respect to lawyers, it's wonderful that you have this intricate knowledge. You break down words to the nth degree. And sometimes I find it rather disgusting. And it goes on and on.
I'm a maverick. I've always been a maverick.
It was scary when the Beatles came on the scene. It was like an earthquake or a fire or an accident.
You've got to give someone like Cher a lot of credit. She's worked very hard to get where she is. I can't take that away from her.
We must get rid of the IRS. It's a bureaucracy fraught with totalitarianism.
Don't cling to fame. You're just borrowing it. It's like money. You're going to die, and somebody else is going to get it.
Almost no one sings like Elvis Presley any more.
Put your ego aside and play as a team.
People have said to me, You can't write songs. You can't play an instrument. But I've got 10 gold records.
I feel kind of like the black sheep in Congress, but here I am.
Humour is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.
A painter may be looking at the world in a way which is very different from everyone else. If he's a craftsman, he can get other people to see the world through his eyes, and so he enlarges our vision, perception, and there's great value in that.