Bono Biography

On himself:

"Overcoming my dad telling me that I could never amount to anything is what has made me the megalomaniac that you see today" – Bono recalling his late father's influence

“Look, I'm sick of Bono and I AM Bono.”

“I hate the idea of being in the UK Hall of Fame to be honest with you. We don't want to be in any Hall of Fame until we're retired or dead.”

“On wearing his trademark sunglasses: Without them, I'm an amorphous mass.”

“It costs a fortune to look this trashy.”

On marriage:

"Marriage is this grand madness, and I think if people knew that, they would perhaps take it more seriously. The reason why there's operas and novels and pop tunes written about love is because it's such an extraordinary thing, not because it's commonplace, and yet that's what you're told, you grow up with this idea that it's the norm."

Others:

“Never trust a man who tells you it's from the heart, never trust a man smoking a cigar, never trust a cowboy or a man who wears shades...”

"I love art too much to call these anything other than marks on paper" – Bono speaking about his paintings

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

“U2 is sort of song writing by accident really. We don't really know what we're doing and when we do, it doesn't seem to help.”

“Great music is written by people who are either running toward or away from God.”