It is the right instinct to question whether this should still be going and what it demands of all four members’
U2 frontman Bono has revealed that every member has “thought about walking away” from the band at some point.
The Irish musician – real name Paul Hewson – made the revelation in the band’s new Disney+ documentary A Kind Of Homecoming (out March 17), in which he shares that quitting was a very real possibility in the past
I have certainly thought about walking away from U2, every member has. We have all thought about it,” he said, per
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.”
Bono continued that he “tested the patience” of his bandmates due to his activism work.
“Friendship is deeply part of who we are, but you could lose that along the way. We had to work on it,” he explained.
