A biography for Bob Geldofhasn’t been written yet.
“Music is something I must do, business is something I need to do, and Africa is something I have to do. That's the way it breaks down in my life.”
“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.”
“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.”
“And part of that is, what is the point of having children if you don't have the privilege of bringing them up?”
“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.”
“I was really lucky that I came to puberty at a time when music and politics were completely intertwined.”
“Mankind at its most desperate is often at its best.”
“90% of the divorces are initiated by women. That is really odd. Why? What's going on? What's the great discontent at the heart of it?”
“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.”
“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.”
“Divorce is a by-product of the fact that maybe the nuclear unit is gone.”
“Playing live if the thing I love doing best.”
“Well, a sort of epiphany: I was in a great band. And it's very cool to be at 53 and realise that when you were a kid you were in a great band.”