Bob Geldof quotes

Bob Geldof is an Irish singer, songwriter, and actor, recognized for his activism and humanitarian work. His leadership in organizing the Band Aid and Live Aid concerts brought global attention to famine relief in Africa. He continues to be a prominent figure in both the music industry and charitable causes. Here are 36 of his quotes:

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.

Bob Geldof

Physically I'm tired at the end of the day and quite glad to be reading in bed by midnight.

Bob Geldof

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.

Bob Geldof

Music is still above all else the thing that does it for me.

Bob Geldof

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.

Bob Geldof

When I hit 11 so did the careers of Dylan and the Stones. A year later it was the Who and the Kinks.

Bob Geldof

I'm sure I'm very difficult to live with because of my make-up and personality.

Bob Geldof

Irish Americans are about as Irish as Black Americans are African.

Bob Geldof

Playing live if the thing I love doing best.

Bob Geldof

Music is what I must do, business is what I need to do and politics is what I have to do.

Bob Geldof

Divorce is a by-product of the fact that maybe the nuclear unit is gone.

Bob Geldof

Music can't change the world.

Bob Geldof

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.

Bob Geldof

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.

Bob Geldof

But I think Prozac is a lethal drug, I've several friends just haven't made it by taking Prozac.

Bob Geldof

I do think I feel it but you don't think you are cause at a certain time you are no age but you don't think you are anything. You feel the life you have lived. I feel that. It's been a long fifty years.

Bob Geldof

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.

Bob Geldof

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, When I was younger I was in a great band. It was always a collective thing.

Bob Geldof

And part of that is, what is the point of having children if you don't have the privilege of bringing them up?

Bob Geldof

I was really lucky that I came to puberty at a time when music and politics were completely intertwined.

Bob Geldof

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.

Bob Geldof

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.

Bob Geldof