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.
From Bono
My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ.
I'm never nervous.
You've got to watch the politics of AIDS. The politics of AIDS can work both for and against the victims of AIDS.
I accept the Old Testament as more of an action movie: blood, car chases, evacuations, a lot of special effects, seas dividing, mass murder, adultery. The children of God are running amok, wayward. Maybe that's why they're so relatable.
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.
Particularly conservative Christians, I was very angry that they were not involved more in the AIDS emergency.
The French are so into themselves that they don't even notice you.
Actually oddly enough, I think my work, the activism, will be forgotten. And I hope it will. Because I hope those problems will have gone away.
Celebrity is ridiculous and silly and it's mad that people like me are listened to - you know, rap stars and movie stars.
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