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> [Irish Americans are no more Irish than Black Americans are Africans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-geldof/irish-americans-are-no-more-irish-than-black-americans-are-africans/)

[Bob Geldof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-geldof/)

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## More by Bob Geldof

> [Physically I'm tired at the end of the day and quite glad to be reading in bed by midnight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-geldof/physically-i-m-tired-at-the-end-of-the-day-and-quite-glad-to-be/)

[Bob Geldof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-geldof/)

> [Playing live if the thing I love doing best](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-geldof/playing-live-if-the-thing-i-love-doing-best/)

[Bob Geldof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-geldof/)

> [Feed the world. Let them know it's Christmas time again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-geldof/feed-the-world-let-them-know-it-s-christmas-time-again/)

[Bob Geldof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-geldof/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-geldof/it-s-like-you-asked-me-about-the-depression-thing-you-grope-towards/)

[Bob Geldof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-geldof/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-geldof/men-who-are-not-given-any-voice-in-this-because-of-the-secret-nature/)

[Bob Geldof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-geldof/)

> [And part of that is, what is the point of having children if you don't have the privilege of bringing them up?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-geldof/and-part-of-that-is-what-is-the-point-of-having-children-if-you-don-t/)

[Bob Geldof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-geldof/)

> [Tell me why… I don't like Mondays...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-geldof/tell-me-why-i-don-t-like-mondays/)

[Bob Geldof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-geldof/)

> [Music is what I must do, business is what I need to do and politics is what I have to do](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-geldof/music-is-what-i-must-do-business-is-what-i-need-to-do-and-politics-is/)

[Bob Geldof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-geldof/)

> [We're looking at the singular condition of poverty. All the other individual problems spring from that condition... doesn't matter if it's death, aid, trade,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-geldof/we-re-looking-at-the-singular-condition-of-poverty-all-the-other/)

[Bob Geldof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-geldof/)

> [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 know](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-geldof/so-when-i-got-to-50-i-just-thought-hold-on-i-m-thin-i-ve-got-my-hair/)

[Bob Geldof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-geldof/)

> [You cannot even begin to understand contemporary African politics if you have not read this fascinating book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-geldof/you-cannot-even-begin-to-understand-contemporary-african-politics-if/)

[Bob Geldof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-geldof/)

> [I was really lucky that I came to puberty at a time when music and politics were completely intertwined](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-geldof/i-was-really-lucky-that-i-came-to-puberty-at-a-time-when-music-and/)

[Bob Geldof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-geldof/)

> [Music can't change the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-geldof/music-can-t-change-the-world/)

[Bob Geldof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-geldof/)

> [Mankind at its most desperate is often at its best](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-geldof/mankind-at-its-most-desperate-is-often-at-its-best/)

[Bob Geldof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-geldof/)

> [When Michael Jackson sings it is with the voice of angels, and when his feet move, you can see God dancing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-geldof/when-michael-jackson-sings-it-is-with-the-voice-of-angels-and-when/)

[Bob Geldof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-geldof/)

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