In his only Australian interview, the outspoken singer said he and his Grammy-winning band prefer to help in private with no press conferences.
"I do it myself, I don't tell everybody I'm doing it," Johnson said.
"I don't tell everybody they should give money - they can't afford it.
"When I was a working man I didn't want to go to a concert for some bastard to talk down to me that I should be thinking of some kid in Africa.
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I agree 100%. Guys like Bono and Geldof could make a living out of going around the world giving lectures and telling people to donate.
Then you have well educated people often saying donating money only makes the problems worse in some cases.