“If you’re listening to a rock star in order to get your information on who to vote for, you’re a bigger moron than they are. Why are we rock stars? Because we’re morons. We sleep all day, we play music at night and very rarely do we sit around reading the Washington Journal.” - Alice Cooper
I’ll take Dave Marsh at his word that he believes that musicians are ineffective as political spokesmen when he gives up slagging the political Right in his MUSIC columns.
While I don’t agree with Bono on everything, I have to respect the fact he actually DOES something. As opposed to most of the celebrity airheads that do not even have a grasp of basic history or logical thought. I think Bono is wrong about some things, but I DO think what he does comes out of a genuine Christian faith. I have more respect for that than someone like Warren Buffett, who has always said his money will do more charity work after he is dead and his attempt to go “good” is simply supporting Barack Obama?
Whereas Bono was man enough to tell the truth about Bush’s Africa work, even if it wasn’t popular for him (Bono) personally.
I believe you could have a beer and a conversation with Bono and even if you disagreed he wouldn’t hate you or call you a hillbilly. Compared to, say, P Diddy? But who knows?