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.
BOB GELDOFIt’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.
More Bob Geldof Quotes
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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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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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Music is still above all else the thing that does it for me
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We’re looking at the singular condition of poverty. All the other individual problems spring from that condition… doesn’t matter if it’s death, aid, trade, AIDS, famine, instability, governance, corruption or war. All of that is poverty.
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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
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You cannot even begin to understand contemporary African politics if you have not read this fascinating book
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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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What’s the point in having a company of secretaries?
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Find inner peace? I looked; it wasn’t there.
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Rock and Roll is instant coffee.
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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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When Michael Jackson sings it is with the voice of angels, and when his feet move, you can see God dancing.
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Physically I’m tired at the end of the day and quite glad to be reading in bed by midnight
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Music can’t change the world.
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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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