I've begun reading Bono: In Conversation with Michka Assayas. The book is a series of interviews between the U2 frontman and Michka Assayas, a music journalist from France.
A few quotes from Bono:
"You rely on your lover, you rely on your friends, and finally you have to rely on God if you want to become whole."
(Recalling a conversation with his late father)
"He said: "You do seem to have a relationship with God." And I said: "Didn't you ever have one?" He said: "No." And I said: "But you have been a Catholic for most of your life." -- "Yeah, lots of people are Catholic. It was a one-way conversation...You seem to hear something back from the silence!" I said: "That's true, I do." And he said: "How do you feel it?" I said: "I hear it in some sort of instinctive way, I feel a response to a prayer, or I feel led in a direction. Or if I'm studying the Scriptures, they become alive in an odd way, and they make sense to the moment I'm in, they're no longer a historical document.""I'm a scribbling, cigar-smoking, wine-drinking, Bible-reading band man. A show-off [laughs]...who loves to paint pictures of what I can't see. A husband, father, friend of the poor and sometimes the rich. An activist traveling salesman of ideas. Chess player, part-time rock star, opera singer, in the loudest folk group in the world."
That sounds like a great book. Might just have to check it out.
Posted by: David | April 25, 2005 at 10:11 AM
I got a chance to skim through it the other night at Scott's and later at Barnes and Nobles. Great book!
Reading through the different interview pieces, I got a insightful look into Bono's perspective on being a Christ-follower.
A must read!
Posted by: Ted | April 26, 2005 at 09:24 AM
Oooo I didn't know about this book! I'm going to buy it for my husband for our anniversary! Thanks :)
Posted by: Jennifer | April 26, 2005 at 09:55 AM
Check out:
U2 quiz: 30 questions for those who have ears to hear
by Sol O. Mann
http://www.canadianchristianity.com/cgi-bin/bc.cgi?bc/bccn/0405/u2
Posted by: David Buckna | May 29, 2005 at 01:12 PM
Check out:
U2 quiz: 30 questions for those who have ears to hear
by Sol O. Mann
http://www.canadianchristianity.com/cgi-bin/bc.cgi?bc/bccn/0405/u2
Posted by: David Buckna | May 29, 2005 at 01:13 PM
I just finished reading this book today. I loved it. It's very inspirational. While I know Bono isn't perfect I wish I was able to sustain my own beliefs to such a daily working level as he does. I guess it's always a work in progress...
Posted by: Kristina Glasgow | June 23, 2007 at 08:48 PM