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‘I have certainly thought about walking away’: U2’s Bono admits he’d considered QUITTING the band as he reveals he was compelled to stay to create the ultimate song
U2 front man Bono has admitted that he had considered quitting’ the band in the past.
The singer, 62 – real name Paul David Hewson – made the candid admission that he ‘certainly thought about walking away’ from the group on upcoming Disney+ documentary A Kind Of Homecoming.
However, the With Or Without You hitmaker insisted that he was compelled to stay until the band create the ultimate song, adding that he has a strong desire to pen tracks they don’t have yet.
The star also told how all the band’s members – including The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr. and Adam Clayton – have thought about leaving at some point throughout their almost 50 years together -noting that it’s the ‘right instinct’ to do so.
He said: ‘I have certainly thought about walking away from U2, every member has. We have all thought about it.
‘It is the right instinct to question whether this should still be going and what it demands of all four members.
‘But the reason why I want to go forward is something is stirring in my voice and my singing and the desire to write songs we don’t have yet. We are chasing the dragon of the song we can’t get.’
He added: ‘The real magic of U2 is that everything we needed, the people we needed, were always right there.’