As a rock star, I have two instincts, I want to have fun, and I want to change the world. I have a chance to do both.
Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.
Distance does not decide who is your brother and who is not. The church is going to have to become the conscience of the free market if it's to have any meaning in this world - and stop being its apologist.
It's so sweet, I feel like my teeth are rotting when I listen to the radio.
It's stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.
Music can change the world because it can change people.
My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them.
Rock 'n' roll is ridiculous. It's absurd. In the past, U2 was trying to duck that. Now we're wrapping our arms around it and giving it a great big kiss.
The less you know, the more you believe.
To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.
U2 is an original species... there are colours and feelings and emotional terrain that we occupy that is ours and ours alone.
We thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong.
As a child he was a chess champion.
On August 21,2001 his father, Robert Hewson, died of cancer.
He married Alison Stewart on August 21, 1982 in a chapel on the Guinness family estate.
At his wedding his best man was Adam Clayton.
He didn't like his name Paul David Hewson, so he changed it to Bono.
He loves traveling around the world.
The songs I Will Follow, Mofo, Out of Control, and Tomorrow were about his mother's death.
He sings, plays guitar, and plays the harmonica.
Bono is on the board of the private equity firm called 'Elevation Partners', that invests in entertainment businesses and ventures.
Bono has written songs for or with the following artists: Johnny Cash, BB King, Sinead O'Connor, Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, and Tina Turner.
Bono illustrated the children's book Peter and the Wolf with his two daughters, Jordan and Eve in 2003. The royalties from the book went to the Irish Hospice Foundation.
Bono appeared as himself in a short student film titled Sightings of Bono, after hearing that the students were trying to find a looke-a-like to portray him.
Bono's charitable organization DATA is devoted to matters of Debt, AIDS, Trade, and Africa.
Bono is the only person to be nominated for an Oscar, Grammy, Golden Globe, and Nobel Peace Prize.
Once had skin cells from his throat tested to see if he had throat cancer, as his doctor thought in 1997. Bono never told anyone including his family and bandmates.
In 2003, Bono was awarded the Legion D'Honneur by President Jacques Chirac on behalf of the French government, for his contribution to music and his campaigning work.
Was included along with the 200 people in People magazine's annual edition of the "Sexiest Men Alive".
Worked at a gas station before joining U2.
Bono performed duets with Tony Bennett and Jennifer Lopez.
Was listed as #17 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists.
Says one of his most favorite U2 songs is 'Stay (Farway, So Close!)' and thinks it's one of the underrated songs.
Bono edited the Independent newspaper in the UK, for one day. He mainly focused on AIDs and Africa.
Bono gave the prayer and spoke at the 54th Annual National Prayer Breakfast.
Bono participated in Band-Aid which produced the song "Do They Know It's Christmas?". His line was "Tonight thank God it's them instead of you".
Bono's wife, Alison, was his high school sweetheart.
Bono plays the harmonica, guitar and is currently learning to play the piano.
Bono says as a teenager, he got into street fights a lot. He also says he didn't start them, but he didn't turn away from them.
He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003. He has also been nominated since then, 2005 and 2006 specifically. Along with Bob Geldof, they deserve it jointly for all their work.
Bono received the German Media Prize for his work in third world countries.
Bono says his real life dream is to start a magazine.
He has a reddish-purplish Jaguar and a yellow Ford Cortina.
In 2000, Pepsi bought a Mercedes that was owned by Bono for a charity auction.
He is fluent in English, Italian and Spanish and also knows some Gaelic.
Bono helps his wife, Alison Hewson, design clothing called EDUN ( nude backwards ).
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