They thought they were Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall. In fact, they were more like Tom and Jerry
BOB GELDOFPhysically I’m tired at the end of the day and quite glad to be reading in bed by midnight
More Bob Geldof Quotes
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Music is still above all else the thing that does it for me
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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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Human progress depends on unreasonable people. Reasonable people accept the world as they meet it; unreasonable people persist in trying to change it.
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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,
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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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Our problem is that everybody tries to heal each of the individual aspects of poverty, not poverty itself.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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Rock and Roll is instant coffee.
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Playing live if the thing I love doing best
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