Bob Geldof

“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 Presiden...”

“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.”

“Irish Americans are no more Irish than Black Americans are Africans.”

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

“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?”

“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.”

“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.”

“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 wa...”

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

“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...”

“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.”

“If you were a pretty boy pop singer, it would wreck you, growing older.”

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