“At the conventions there’s history in the making for both parties. That’s what people from around the world will be tuning in to hear on their transistors. That’s why I’m going to be there. I want to be a nagging presence in sunglasses, a visual reminder of people who have a life-or-death stake in what is and isn’t discussed on the convention floor.”
–Bono, explaining why he will attend and speak about AIDS at both the Democratic and Republican National Conventions