"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
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"I was really lucky that I came to puberty at a time when music and politics were completely intertwined.“
-Bob Geldof
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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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"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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"Music is what I must do, business is what I need to do and politics is what I have to do."
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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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"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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