With or Without You

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Saturday 9: With or Without You (1987) 

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1) "With or Without You" is about the pain of love. What song reminds you of an old romance? Is it about the joy of love or the pain?

 I can't think of anything.

2) U2 lead singer Bono has admitted that, when the group recorded this song in the 1980s, he was wrestling with his real-life commitment issues. He was trying to resolve the responsibilities of being a husband with the demands of his career. He worked it through, and decades later both his marriage and his career are still going strong. Do you feel you have been more successful in your personal or professional relationships?

No matter about others in my personal or professional relationships, I suceeded.  It does NOT take 2 to tango. One person can ruin something all on their own and you can make something good by your own actions inspite of any situation.

3) Bono credits his wife Ali with helping him through a tough period of writer's block, saying she put the pen in his hand each morning. What time of day finds you the most energized, productive or creative?

I think I feel and do my best in the afternoon.

4) Bono likes to pedal around town when he's not onstage. What do you do for exercise?

I do Tai Chi , face yoga and I dance sitting down,  

5) Bono is U2's lead singer, backed by three very talented bandmates: The Edge, Larry Mullen, Jr., and Adam Clayton. Bruce Springsteen is a big fan of U2's concert performances. If Saturday 9 were to bestow upon you a free ticket to any see any band or performer live, who would you choose?

I would like any of the following : Itzak Perlman, La Boheme at the Met,  perhaps a symphony orchestra performace.  

6) U2 got together 50 years ago, when they were school boys in Dublin. Have you ever visited Ireland? If not, would you like to go?

No and no.  I am just not really interested.

7) In 1987, the year this song was popular, Cher won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Her most famous line was, "Snap out of it!" Without looking it up, can you name the movie that made her an Oscar winner?

 Of course!!  Moonstruck!

8) Also in 1987, the first Starbucks opened. What's your standard Starbucks order?

I have only been to a Starbucks in a book store and once  or twice in the mall but, I am not a fan of their coffee.

I make my own and if I am out and want coffee I try to stop at WaWa.  

9) Random question – Which self-help book would you be more likely to pick up, the one designed to improve your body or your mind?

My mind.  

   “Since this is the last speech that I will give as President, I think it's fitting to leave one final thought, an observation about a country which I love. It was stated best in a letter I received not long ago. A man wrote me and said: ``You can go to live in France, but you cannot become a Frenchman. You can go to live in Germany or Turkey or Japan, but you cannot become a German, a Turk, or a Japanese. But anyone, from any corner of the Earth, can come to live in America and become an American.”.... Ronald Reagan