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Bono

Bono

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Bono -- Born: 1960-05-10. Occupation: activist. Education: Mount Temple Comprehensive School. Awards: Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎.

Born1960-05-10

Occupationactivist, author, guitarist, musician

EducationMount Temple Comprehensive School

AwardsCommandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎, Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Knight of the Legion of Honour, MusiCares Person of the Year, Philadelphia Liberty Medal

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“This place saved our musical lives,”
esquire.com2025-05-28Source
“It’s the sound of four men, who feel like their lives depend on it. I remind them, they do,”
nme.com2025-05-28Source
“Nobody needs a new U2 album unless it’s an extraordinary one. I’m feeling very strong about it.”
nme.com2025-05-28Source
“songs for the kitchen, songs for the speedway, the garage [and] songs for every part of your life”
nme.com2025-05-28Source
“I can pull off the swagger. I can do the macho thing. I’m Irish. I can give you lots of that. But at this point, I just thought it would be better to be closer to who I am when I’m at my most insecure, I suppose.”
USA TODAY2025-05-19Source
“For such a demonstrative performer as I am with U2, (I learned) that just turning your head is enough.”
USA TODAY2025-05-19Source
“The lens will know if you’re lying.”
USA TODAY2025-05-19Source
“The face, after a while, it just is a map. It tells a story of where you’ve been,”
USA TODAY2025-05-19Source
“There’s a sense of undressing yourself in taking off the armor and your sword and your shield and just letting people in,”
USA TODAY2025-05-19Source
“I ended up, as much as loving my father, I ended up liking him,”
USA TODAY2025-05-19Source
“No, so I was in a different part of the class. But I remember that feeling, you know, because I knew I could do this. I know I don't know how to play an instrument, sir! But I have these melodies in my head, and I have words and I have things I want to say.”
CBS News2022-10-30Source
“How casually our destiny arrives,”
CBS News2022-10-30Source
“There is no single strand to the creative life,”
nytimes.com2022-10-24Source
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“W. B. Yeats was buried just down the road,”
esquire.com2025-05-28Source
“It wouldn’t be fair to say we could live an anonymous life here,”
esquire.com2025-05-28Source
“You’re pushing a rock up a hill,”
esquire.com2025-05-28Source
“If you have a place like this, lots of people should use it,”
esquire.com2025-05-28Source
“but the French are so respectful. You could almost forget that you weren’t anonymous.”
esquire.com2025-05-28Source
“Larry’s back from injury,”
nme.com2025-05-28Source
“He’s got all the best lines!”
USA TODAY2025-05-19Source
“If I turn to the left, I’m younger,”
USA TODAY2025-05-19Source
“And that’s the person who played Bono.”
USA TODAY2025-05-19Source
“If I turn to the right, I’m older. I’m the person who played my father,”
USA TODAY2025-05-19Source
“I’ve woken up in the sun.”
apnews.com2025-05-15Source
“I can tell you I’ve slept on beaches close to here,”
apnews.com2025-05-15Source
“Frontman. Yeah. Probably more front than substance … and faith.”
CBS News2022-10-30Source
“Front is another word for that,”
CBS News2022-10-30Source
“And Paul is not one of them!”
CBS News2022-10-30Source
“It's the thing. It's when you find the thing.”
CBS News2022-10-30Source
“I remember this feeling of, 'I can do this,'”
CBS News2022-10-30Source

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2022

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