Bono: Self

Quotes 

• Chris Evans - Host : [discussing Bono's meeting with Pope John Paul II]  Is it true that he gave you a gift back in return?

  Bono : I have them here. I'll show you.

  [Bono proudly holds up a rosary he is wearing. Audience oohs and ahhs] 

  Chris Evans - Host : Wow.

  Bono : My rosaries. See this? Michelangelo designed it.

  Chris Evans - Host : Beautiful! Now, is that the Pope's? Or is that something he gives to the people he likes? Does he have a lot of those? Like, no offense, but is it like a Blue Peter Badge?

  [audience laughs. Bono, hurt, hangs his head in shame. The Edge comforts him] 

  The Edge : It's all right, Bono. It's ok. You hurt him!

  Chris Evans - Host : No! I didn't mean it offensibly! I really didn't! I mean, does he have a lot of them... I wish I never asked this question!

  Bono : It's like the Blue Peter Badge, actually. Geldof asked for two.

  Chris Evans - Host : Did he? Well, he would. He probably sold one.

• Chris Evans - Host : You've been fasting?

  Bono : Yeah. Well, I'm not fasting from food, it's more... alcohol. So what I'm thinking about is when we finish up. That's what I'm thinking about.

  Chris Evans - Host : You're going to go to The Latch?

  [they shake on it. Audience applauds] 

  Chris Evans - Host : See, the whole thing about Lent is that it's not over yet.

  Bono : The whole thing about Lent...

  [audience laughs. Bono wags his finger at Chris] 

  The Edge : That's a great joke! There is that one, Bono, there! He's right! Technically.

  Bono : As any Irishman will tell you: Lent stops on St. Patrick's Day.