Those songs are about getting out; they're not about getting out of family. It wasn't about how family life was curtailing because I didn't know family life.

Quote by Bob Geldof

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There is not a single extant study that supports all the arguments against men being...

There is not a single extant study that supports all the arguments against men being...

I'd always thought the Rats were good fun, but one of the very nice things...

I'd always thought the Rats were good fun, but one of the very nice things...

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

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.

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

Music can't change the world.

Music can't change the world.

It's really very simple, Governor. When people are hungry they die. So spare me your...

It's really very simple, Governor. When people are hungry they die. So spare me your...

You can't trust politicians. It doesn't matter who makes a political speech. It's all lies...

You can't trust politicians. It doesn't matter who makes a political speech. It's all lies...

The girls are a complete joy and I love their passion. They argue with me...

The girls are a complete joy and I love their passion. They argue with me...

I was really lucky that I came to puberty at a time when music and...

I was really lucky that I came to puberty at a time when music and...

Men who are not given any voice in this because of the secret nature of...

Men who are not given any voice in this because of the secret nature of...

Actually, today I had to defend the Bush Administration in France again. They refuse to...

Actually, today I had to defend the Bush Administration in France again. They refuse to...

And part of that is, what is the point of having children if you don't...

And part of that is, what is the point of having children if you don't...

When I hit 11 so did the careers of Dylan and the Stones. A year...

When I hit 11 so did the careers of Dylan and the Stones. A year...

But if somebody dies, if something happens to you, there is a normal process of...

But if somebody dies, if something happens to you, there is a normal process of...

Certainly, I think being depressed is absolutely part of the human condition, it has to...

Certainly, I think being depressed is absolutely part of the human condition, it has to...

Everything that's rock n roll is ever meant to be is happening now. I need...

Everything that's rock n roll is ever meant to be is happening now. I need...

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

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

It went beyond idealism and that ridiculous term activism, which basically means talking about something...

It went beyond idealism and that ridiculous term activism, which basically means talking about something...

That glorious vision of doing good is so often the sanguine mirage of so many...

That glorious vision of doing good is so often the sanguine mirage of so many...

Idealist: One who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that...

Idealist: One who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that...