U2's Bono on Great Rock Images

Despite an awesome seven Number One albums and some of the most successful tours in history under their belt, U2 frontman Bono once deemed this dark 1985 cover image "too grand" for the band. He shares his honest opinion on that and other classic Rolling Stone covers -- as well as how he nearly collaborated with John Lennon -- in an interview with David Fricke for the magazine's 1000th issue.

"That's an astonishing thing," Bono says of Lennon and Yoko Ono's nude cover. "One of the great images of the twentieth century." He adds that his favorite photographs tend to be of his heroes -- like our cover pics of Bob Dylan. His songs, says Bono, are "different kinds of songs. They're conversations."

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Rolling Stone's 1000th Issue: Photos, Interviews, More