
Bono
Photo: Peter Neill, CC BY 2.0
Born1960-05-10
Occupationactivist, guitarist, musician, singer
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
Highlights
“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.”
blueridgenow.com2025-05-19Source“For such a demonstrative performer as I am with U2, (I learned) that just turning your head is enough.”
blueridgenow.com2025-05-19Source“The lens will know if you’re lying.”
blueridgenow.com2025-05-19Source“The face, after a while, it just is a map. It tells a story of where you’ve been,”
blueridgenow.com2025-05-19Source“There’s a sense of undressing yourself in taking off the armor and your sword and your shield and just letting people in,”
blueridgenow.com2025-05-19Source“I ended up, as much as loving my father, I ended up liking him,”
blueridgenow.com2025-05-19Source“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.”
cbsnews.com2022-10-30Source“How casually our destiny arrives,”
cbsnews.com2022-10-30Source“There is no single strand to the creative life,”
nytimes.com2022-10-24SourceBrowse all 30 quotes
“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.”
blueridgenow.com2025-05-19Source“For such a demonstrative performer as I am with U2, (I learned) that just turning your head is enough.”
blueridgenow.com2025-05-19Source“The lens will know if you’re lying.”
blueridgenow.com2025-05-19Source“The face, after a while, it just is a map. It tells a story of where you’ve been,”
blueridgenow.com2025-05-19Source“There’s a sense of undressing yourself in taking off the armor and your sword and your shield and just letting people in,”
blueridgenow.com2025-05-19Source“I ended up, as much as loving my father, I ended up liking him,”
blueridgenow.com2025-05-19Source“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.”
cbsnews.com2022-10-30Source“How casually our destiny arrives,”
cbsnews.com2022-10-30Source“There is no single strand to the creative life,”
nytimes.com2022-10-24Source“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!”
blueridgenow.com2025-05-19Source“If I turn to the left, I’m younger,”
blueridgenow.com2025-05-19Source“And that’s the person who played Bono.”
blueridgenow.com2025-05-19Source“If I turn to the right, I’m older. I’m the person who played my father,”
blueridgenow.com2025-05-19Source“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.”
cbsnews.com2022-10-30Source“Front is another word for that,”
cbsnews.com2022-10-30Source“And Paul is not one of them!”
cbsnews.com2022-10-30Source“It's the thing. It's when you find the thing.”
cbsnews.com2022-10-30Source“I remember this feeling of, 'I can do this,'”
cbsnews.com2022-10-30SourceIn the News
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- All About Bono's 4 Children, Including 'Disclosure Day' Star Eve Hewsonpeople.com · 2026-07-07
- Bono makes surprise appearance during video call with fired USAID employees | Irish Staririshstar.com · 2025-07-01
- Bono And The Rise Of U2: The Rock Star Who Refused to Hide His Faithreligionunplugged.com · 2025-07-01
- Joe Rogan Experience #2330 - Bonoyoutube.com · 2025-05-30
- Bono on 'Stories of Surrender,' U2 Legacy, and Futureesquire.com · 2025-05-28
- Bono Has Another Story to Tell - AOLaol.com · 2025-05-28
- Bono: ‘We have to fight against this general feeling that the world is screwed’ | Culture | EL PAÍS Englishenglish.elpais.com · 2025-05-19
- Bono: ‘I might go to my grave thinking there was that one...observer.co.uk · 2025-05-10
- Bono: The most existentially American non-Americanreligionnews.com · 2025-01-08
- The Gorgeous, Unglamorous Work of Freedomtheatlantic.com · 2025-01-04
- Bono - Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human ...kennedyhumanrights.org · 2023-12-06
- Bono on music, activism and faith - CBS Newscbsnews.com · 2022-10-30
- Bono Is Still Trying to Figure Out U2 and Himselfnytimes.com · 2022-10-24
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