Bono Quotes

"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."

"I always think if you are asking somebody for something it is a good idea to give them something first."

"U2's best work has always been when we didn't know what we're doing."

"I'm a singer, not a politician, and I think you don't want the two to get confused."

"It's much easier to be successful than to be relevant."

"Mandela's heroism is the heroism of a man who suffered so badly for what he thought of as freedom."

"Great ideas and great melodies have a lot in common."

"I really remember John Lennon's Imagine. I guess I'm twelve; that's one of my first albums. That really set fire to me. It was like he was whispering in your ear - his ideas of what's possible."

"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."

"Look, I'm sick of Bono and I AM Bono."

Iggy Pop Quotes

"Try to find some ground that hasn't been covered."

"Almost all cool-ass rock front guys are incredibly huge assholes. It would be nice to meet one who wasn't."

"I can't do it all myself. I'm not that kind of artist, I'm the kind of artist who works off other people best."

"Onstage, I've been hit by grapefruit, beer cans, eggs, spit, money, cigarette butts, mandies, Quaaludes, joints, panties, and a fist."

"I never believed that U2 wanted to save the whales. I don't believe that The Beastie Boys are ready to lay it down for Tibet."

"I don't know Johnny Rotten, but I'm sure he puts as much blood and sweat into what he does as Sigmund Freud did."

"I'm really not good with the pickups. I'm a klutz and don't have a line of gab. I'm only good if they know who I am."

"Before they shot Kennedy, I wanted to be president."

"I have no direction in life whatsoever other than to try and live, be sensible and enjoy myself."

"Nobody understands me, I'm really sensitive."

U2 Quotes

Bono: "I want to play the guitar very badly, and I do play the guitar very badly."

The Edge: "Every album is difficult. If it was easy, we'd make one a month."

Larry Mullen Jr.: "If Bono left we could carry on. If I left we'd be screwed."

Bono: "Everybody argues, then we do what I say."

Adam Clayton: "For us there's U2 music, and then there's everything else."

Bono: "The right to be irresponsible and stupid is something I hold very dear. And luckily it is something I do well."

Larry Mullen Jr.: "We've all made enough money to live for the rest of our lives quite comfortably. that's enough money."

The Edge: "I suppose ultimately I'm interested in music. I'm a musician. I'm not a gunslinger. That's the difference between what I do and what a lot of guitar heroes do."

Bono: "U2 is an original species...there are colors and feelings and emotional terrain that  we occupy that is ours and ours alone."

Adam Clayton: "We have a really healthy respect for each other. It's probably taken a little while to get to that point but quite often we'll be digging in the same hole."

The Edge: "People always ask us if we think our songs can really change anything. And I always say that's not why we wrote the songs. We didn;t write them so they would change the situation."

Bono: "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."

Great Rock & Roll Guest Appearances

Edward Van Halen's guitar solo on Michael Jackson's 'Beat It' (1982).

Eric Clapton's guitar solo on the Beatles 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' (1968).

John Lennon playing guitar on David Bowie's 'Fame' (1975).

Mick Jagger singing back up on Carly Simon's 'You're So Vain' (1972).

David Bowie Singing a duet with Bing Crosby on 'Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy' (1982)
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David Gilmour playing guitar on Paul McCartney's 'No More Lonely Nights' (1984).

Mick Jagger, Keith Richards & Keith Moon singing background vocals on the Beatles' 'All You Need Is Love' (1967).

Roy Harper singing lead vocals on Pink Floyd's 'Have A Cigar' 91975).

Jimmy Page's guitar solo on the Kink's 'You Really Got Me' (1964).

U2 performing on Robbie Robertson's 'Sweet Fire Of Love' (1987).

k.d. lang singing with Roy Orbison on 'Crying' (1984).

George Harrison playing rhythm guitar on Cream's 'Badge' (1968).

David Lee Roth Quotes

"Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull up right alongside it."

"The only thing I'm allergic to is criticism."

"Music journalists love Elvis Costello and hate me because they look like Elvis Costello."

"The world's a stage, and I want the brightest spot."


"You want a hero in the music world? James Brown. He brought a feeling to music without really using words. He's just famous for his sound."

" When large groups of people get together, their collective temperature goes up and their collective I.Q. goes down."

"Van Halen's up for a Grammy and half of us can't even spell it."

(About Sammy Hagar) "Sam throws a party. I am the party."

"Any kind of rock music is what I call high velocity folk music."

"We're not trying to save the world, that's U2's job."

"I change as the times change. I'm a reflection of what's around me without trying at all."

"It don't matter what your doing, just as long as you look good doing it."

"I know the world doesn't revolve around Dave, but i like to think so."

"There's only one David Lee. I'm the fun in Van Halen, always will be."