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Bob Geldof

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Bob Geldof belongs to that rare category of people whose words are more famous than their biography. Their thinking spans from Politics to Age, revealing a mind that refused to stay in one lane. Browse 10 quotes by Bob Geldof that cover ground from Politics, Age, Trust, Learning, and Family. A favorite of many readers: "Music is what I must do, business is what I need to do and politics is what I have to do."

“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

Trust

All Quotes by 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

Politics

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

— Bob Geldof

Politics

“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

Family

“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

Trust

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

— Bob Geldof

Politics

“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

Experience

“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

Age

“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

Cool

“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

Age