xfm.co.uk: Speaking at yesterday’s Q Awards, where the band picked up the prestigious Icon Award, U2 frontman Bono explained that he takes his musical responsibilities (and the responsibilities that come with the rewards of massive success) very seriously indeed.
“There’s a real deal. A real deal, between us and our audience,” he explained, “Which is we don’t have to worry about where our kids are going to school, paying a hospital bill, paying the mortgage, in return we don’t make a crap album. Two crap albums and you’re out. That’s our deal with our audience.
“Whether its catholic guilt or whatever it is, it’s not on to have this life that we’ve been given – this amazing life – and be crap… And have a fish farm in Wales. It’s unacceptable.” [
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“There’s a real deal. A real deal, between us and our audience,” he explained, “Which is we don’t have to worry about where our kids are going to school, paying a hospital bill, paying the mortgage, in return we don’t make a crap album. Two crap albums and you’re out. That’s our deal with our audience.
“Whether its catholic guilt or whatever it is, it’s not on to have this life that we’ve been given – this amazing life – and be crap… And have a fish farm in Wales. It’s unacceptable.” [
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