Peaches Geldof Quotes

With the death of Peaches Geldof, we look back at her most memorable quotes on her famous family and trying to get things right for her own. Then, check out what her father, Bob Geldof, had to say following the death of his 25-year-old daughter…

Peaches Geldof on Motherhood
“Becoming a mother was like becoming me, finally. After years of struggling to know myself, feeling lost at sea, rudderless and troubled, having babies through which to correct the multiple mistakes of my own traumatic childhood was beyond healing.”

Peaches Geldof on Paula Yates
“I didn’t grieve. I didn’t cry at her funeral. I couldn’t express anything because I was just numb to it all. I didn’t start grieving for my mother properly until I was about 16.”

Peaches Geldof on Being A Wild Child
“I did experiment with drugs, I did get drunk and go to parties, but I was never that wild. I could have been, I could have let myself spiral, but all the time I remembered what happened to my mum.”

Peaches Geldof on Family
“The very worst thing that happened to me started with my parents’ divorce. Even if it’s an archaic idea, I want Astala to have a mummy and daddy together forever. It’s a commitment. I want to be a good wife, a good mother, a good person.”

Bob Geldof on Peaches Geldof
“She was the wildest, funniest, cleverist, wittiest and the most bonkers of all of us. What a beautiful child. How is this possible that we will not see her again? We loved her and will cherish her forever. How sad that sentence is. Tom and her sons Astala and Phaedra will always belong in our family, fractured so often, but never boken.”