Bob Geldof
Music is what I must do, business is what I need to do and politics is what I have to doCollection: Business
It's either vilification or sanctification, and both piss me off.Collection: Sanctification
It'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 onCollection: Play
I was really lucky that I came to puberty at a time when music and politics were completely intertwinedCollection: Lucky
They thought they were Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall. In fact, they were more like Tom and JerryCollection: Facts
What's the point in having a company of secretaries?Collection: Company
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 knowCollection: Hair
If you were a pretty boy pop singer, it would wreck you, growing olderCollection: Boys
Because we can't comprehend it, and that's what allows us to do it again. And it is the normal, it's the average person that can do this. Again, in an imaginary other universe, maybe we'd have done it. That's the terrible truth that lies at the heart of each of us; that imponderable, 'were I not Jewish, in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Germany, would I have gone down on the other side?'Collection: Lying
Rock and Roll is instant coffee.Collection: Coffee
It's a tragedy that modernity has released this Ebola beast into the world. It renders humans untouchable, and that's sickening. The international response so far has been scandalous. China has delivered f**k all.Collection: Ebola
You cannot even begin to understand contemporary African politics if you have not read this fascinating bookCollection: Book
You'll think I'm off my trolley when I say this, but the Bush administration is the most radical - in a positive sense - in its approach to Africa since Kennedy.Collection: Thinking
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 kidsCollection: Kids
Physically I’m tired at the end of the day and quite glad to be reading in bed by midnight.Collection: Reading
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.Collection: Fun