Tell me why…… I don’t like Mondays.
BOB GELDOFSo 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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Again, in an imaginary other universe, maybe we’d have done it. That’s the terrible truth that lies at the heart of each of us; that imponderable, ‘were I not Jewish, in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Germany, would I have gone down on the other side?’
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Music can’t change the world.
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When I hit 11 so did the careers of Dylan and the Stones. A year later it was the Who and the Kinks.
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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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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.
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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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It strikes me as being morally repulsive and intellectually absurd that people die of want in a world of surplus.
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Rock and Roll is instant coffee.
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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.
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What’s the point in having a company of secretaries?
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I’m sure I’m very difficult to live with because of my make-up and personality.
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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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When I was younger I was in a great band. It was always a collective thing.
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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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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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