I’d always thought the Rats were good fun, but one of the very nice things about being of Saga age is that I can actually look back and think,
BOB GELDOFWhen I hit 11 so did the careers of Dylan and the Stones. A year later it was the Who and the Kinks.
More Bob Geldof Quotes
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It’s like you asked me about the depression thing: you grope towards an understanding of whatever it is your going through, and it’s not personal, there are forces in play around you, and you seek to understand them and that way you can go on
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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.
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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.
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It’s a tragedy that modernity has released this Ebola beast into the world. It renders humans untouchable, and that’s sickening.
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Actually, today I had to defend the Bush Administration in France again. They refuse to accept, because of their political ideology, that he has actually done more than any American President for Africa. But it’s empirically so.
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But I think Prozac is a lethal drug, I’ve several friends just haven’t made it by taking Prozac.
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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.
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When I was younger I was in a great band. It was always a collective thing.
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Men who are not given any voice in this because of the secret nature of the courts, what they’re left with is dressing up ridiculously, but at least using humour to try and draw attention to their kids
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Rock and Roll is instant coffee.
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Most people get into bands for three very simple rock and roll reasons: to get laid, to get fame, and to get rich.
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Music is what I must do, business is what I need to do and politics is what I have to do
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Playing live if the thing I love doing best
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Music is still above all else the thing that does it for me
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Tell me why…… I don’t like Mondays.
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