Bono - there are stories to tell that are not songs

I was looking for people who are fully expressed as a team, fully expressed as themselves, and fully expressed in the world. People like I am becoming.

Reading Kipley's blog turned me on to U2 and their lead singer Bono.

I just read a great book of interviews with him, BONO in conversation with Michka Assayas.

This is a stunning book. It's someone who's made it all the way to rock-and-roll stardom, change-the-world activist & ethicist, and family guy who takes his kids to school. A man and an artist who has grown up all the way, and is fully himself.

Bono knew Michka well. This is their liesurely & reflective conversation over three years.

"I don't think of U2 as a band that makes music for 20 thousand people. I think of us as a band that sings to one person in their ear, in their headphones, as they are going to sleep."

"I don't want to be naked and vulnerable on stage. But I can't hit the high notes unless I am."

"Ordinarily, I would not make a book like this. I would rather go be with my kids. But if I can make this a book for my kids, it's worth it."

"I'm a person who actually doesn't like to look back in my work, in my day, in general. But maybe this is the moment. There are stories to tell that are not songs."

-- Bono