Music is what I must do, business is what I need to do and politics is what I have to do
BOB GELDOFIt’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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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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Physically I’m tired at the end of the day and quite glad to be reading in bed by midnight
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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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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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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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You cannot even begin to understand contemporary African politics if you have not read this fascinating book
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Find inner peace? I looked; it wasn’t there.
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Everything that’s rock n roll is ever meant to be is happening now. I need to get over the shock that that thing is actually happening and that thousands of millions of people around the world are watching.
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Blair has called Africa ‘a scar on our conscience’. It is more. It is the gaping wound of the world’s soul.
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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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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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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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But I think Prozac is a lethal drug, I’ve several friends just haven’t made it by taking Prozac.
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Well, I’m Bob and I’m an unreasonable person. And if TED is anything, it is the olympics of unreasonable people.
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Playing live if the thing I love doing best
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