Maurice Gibb Quotes

Robin hasn't got a big nose - but I can soon arrange that.

Robin had always wanted to go solo, so when it happened I wasn't angry at all. I understood the situation. But Barry is so full of pride and couldn't understand why Robin had done it.

Jim Morrison's very good looking, but I don't like this version of the song. The Feliciano version is better.

It's very hard to write a song alone. It's only by jamming that you can get a song together.

I'm quite proud of my piano playing. Robin's never played a note on the piano at our recording sessions. I just wish I could be appreciated musically now.

I'm not a big blues fan, but I don't know anyone who doesn't dig B.B. King.

I'll be honest. We copied everyone... the Beatles, the Bachelors. It was the only way people would even listen to you.

I write the music because I can't really write lyrics. But I can write chords like Robin's never heard of. So I provide the music for them to add the lyrics to.

I was always the sexy bass player in the background while Robin stood centre. Barry and I played it up a bit, gave 'em a bit of thigh.

I was always the one left behind. Out in the streets, when they saw me they'd say, That's just one of the Bee Gees.

I suppose being his twin made me understand Robin that much more easily.

I heard my brother's voice even though we were apart. I then answered the phone and found him on the line.

Harmonies are nice.

FOr a while, I'd never had the opportunity to prove on TV that I could play the piano.

Finally, I found a program that's put my troubles behind me.

Elton wanted a garden. They were building all afternoon while we were rehearsing. And then they built a fountain for Elton. And he said, I was only joking!

Barry seems to be more flamboyant merely because he gets more interviews to talk about it.

America? They had a good girl singer, Janis Joplin.

We don't mind being ripped apart, but don't rip the songs apart. They're like our kids.

No one knew me until I met my wife Lulu. Lulu's mother used to ask, Which one is Maurice? For six months she thought Lulu was dating Barry.

I think we have to act like stars because it is expected of us. So we drive our big cars and live in our smart houses.

Everybody who knows us knows we always have a good time.

As an alcoholic, you have no appreciation for your wife or your children's feelings, but I'm making up for that now. I'm winning my children's trust back.

When Andy died, I just drank to dumb my mind.

The most important thing about recovery is to pass the message on.