Bob Geldof

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. ”

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 on. ”

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 President for Africa. But it's empirically so. ”

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. ”

There is not a single extant study that supports all the arguments against men being with their children. It's absolute bollocks. ”

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

Playing live if the thing I love doing best. ”

The girls are a complete joy and I love their passion. They argue with me like mad and I love that too. ”

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

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. ”