Biografie

Wears goggle-like sunglasses

Often wears black clothes

Religious symbolism in songs

Often wears a rosary given to him by Pope John Paul II

Songs about politics

He is the only person, who has been nominated for an Oscar, Grammy, Golden Globe, and for the Nobel Prize.

Wrote the song "The Sweetest Thing" after missing his wife's birthday. When the song was rerecorded, his wife, Ali Hewson, received all the proceeds of its sale. She gave them, in turn to a charity for victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

He has written songs either for, or with, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Cash, Keith Richards, Luciano Pavarotti, Sinéad O'Connor and Howie B. among several others.

Bono doesn't wear his trademark sunglasses by choice; he is under strict doctor's orders to wear them at all times, even indoors. He was diagnosed with a rare form of glaucoma, in which exposure to bright lights, sudden flashes, or even indirect sunlight would cause permanent blindness within a matter of weeks. He has them specially made with the prescription embedded in the lenses.

Godafather of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's children Vivienne and Knox.

[in 1987] Everyone argues, then we do what I say.

It costs a fortune to look this trashy.

Never trust a man who tells you it's from the heart, never trust a man smoking a cigar, never trust a cowboy or a man who wears shades...

I could go onstage, unzip my pants, and hang my dick out, and people would think it was a statement about something.

[Hot Press, March 2000] Marriage is this grand madness, and I think if people knew that, they would perhaps take it more seriously. The reason why there's operas and novels and pop tunes written about love is because it's such an extraordinary thing, not because it's commonplace, and yet that's what you're told, you grow up with this idea that it's the norm.