Bob Geldof Quotes
When I hit 11 so did the careers of Dylan and the Stones. A year later it was the Who and the Kinks.
When Michael Jackson sings it is with the voice of angels, and when his feet move, you can see God dancing.
It strikes me as being morally repulsive and intellectually absurd that people die of want in a world of surplus.
You can't trust politicians. It doesn't matter who makes a political speech. It's all lies - and it applies to any rock star who wants to make a political speech as well.
Physically I'm tired at the end of the day and quite glad to be reading in bed by midnight
And whereas women had to fight to find their way into the workforce, men are now fighting to reclaim their place in the family structure.
There is not a single extant study that supports all the arguments against men being with their children. It's absolute bollocks
It's really very simple, Governor. When people are hungry they die. So spare me your politics and tell me what you need and how you're going to get it to these people.
Well, a sort of epiphany: I was in a great band. And it's very cool to be at 53 and realise that when you were a kid you were in a great band.
And part of that is, what is the point of having children if you don't have the privilege of bringing them up?
Certainly, I think being depressed is absolutely part of the human condition, it has to be, if there's joy there's its opposite, and it's something you ride if you possibly can.
I don't think anyone sets out to malign poor people but certainly that's what we do through organizations such as the World Trade Organization, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
It went beyond idealism and that ridiculous term "activism," which basically means talking about something but doing nothing. . . . We made giving exciting.
But if somebody dies, if something happens to you, there is a normal process of depression, it is part of being human, and some people view it as a learning experience etc.
Blair has called Africa 'a scar on our conscience'. It is more. It is the gaping wound of the world's soul.
So when I got to 50 I just thought, Hold on: I'm thin. I've got my hair. I'm well off. I survived, you know
But I think Prozac is a lethal drug, I've several friends just haven't made it by taking Prozac.
I was really lucky that I came to puberty at a time when music and politics were completely intertwined
You'll think I'm off my trolley when I say this, but the Bush administration is the most radical - in a positive sense - in its approach to Africa since Kennedy.
90% of the divorces are initiated by women. That is really odd. Why? What's going on? What's the great discontent at the heart of it?
Most people get into bands for three very simple rock and roll reasons: to get laid, to get fame, and to get rich.
Bono as we all know, is in love with the world, he's enamoured by it. I'm enraged by it. He wants to give the world a great big hug, I want to punch its lights out.
They thought they were Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall. In fact, they were more like Tom and Jerry
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I was really lucky that I came to puberty at a time when music and politics were completely intertwined.