Maurice Gibb Quotes

#1. I bet Maurice Gibb's heart monitor was singing the tune of Stayin' Alive.

Graham Norton

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

Maurice Gibb

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

Maurice Gibb

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

Maurice Gibb

#5. 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.

Maurice Gibb

#6. So many groups fail because they spend all their time in the clubs. Work pours in and they can't handle it because of late-night drinking.

Maurice Gibb

#7. They don't bother too much with the balance and things on blues records.

Maurice Gibb

#8. We will pursue every factor, every element, every second of the timeline, of the final hours of Maurice's life. We will pursue that relentlessly. That will be our quest from now on.

Robin Gibb

#9. Nobody will ever take Maurice's place, and he'll go on with us and he'll go on our music. He'll go on with us as the Bee Gees, and Maurice will always be with us.

Robin Gibb

#10. I hadn't accepted he was seriously ill. The idea that someone so close to you couldn't wake up was utterly incomprehensible. Then the doctor came in ... Maurice had no brain left. There wasn't any activity at all.

Robin Gibb

#11. Harmonies are nice.

Maurice Gibb

#12. Tiny Tim? Anyone could sing like that. It's atrocious. It's hideous, really.

Maurice Gibb

#13. When we write, we complement each other. We wrote six songs, Barry and I, while Robin was ill during the American tour, and they were terrible until Robin came back, and then everything worked out.

Maurice Gibb

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

Maurice Gibb

#15. He was the average guy. Maurice, I think, reflected every man.

Barry Gibb

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

Maurice Gibb

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

Maurice Gibb

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

Maurice Gibb

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

Maurice Gibb

#20. Maurice would prance into a room, you know, and his presence was immediate.

Barry Gibb

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

Maurice Gibb

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

Maurice Gibb

#23. We expected to have a good time with Clive Anderson 'cause I've always liked him, his shows.

Maurice Gibb

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

Maurice Gibb

#25. 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.

Maurice Gibb

#26. When Maurice touched a keyboard, it was like something from a movie, magical. He would always give you something from a movie, and you'd go, what did you just play ... immediately inspirational writings, amazing. That's what we're going to miss.

Robin Gibb

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

Maurice Gibb

#28. 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.

Maurice Gibb

#29. With Maurice suddenly going, I realised ... I think I've matured. I don't take things lightly any more.

Robin Gibb

#30. We worked for 11 years to get where we are today, and I want to take our work seriously so that later on I'll be able to appreciate the money we've made.

Maurice Gibb

#31. 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.

Maurice Gibb

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

Maurice Gibb

#33. 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.

Maurice Gibb

#34. In the beginning, Barry and I couldn't decide if we were going got go forward with the name of the Bee Gees or just as Barry and Robin. Now we've decided to continue as the Bee Gees because we feel we can, and Maurice would have wanted it.

Robin Gibb

#35. 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.

Maurice Gibb

#36. It makes us feel better that everyone out there is thinking of Maurice.

Robin Gibb

#37. 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.

Maurice Gibb

#38. Maurice was a silly man. Maurice liked being silly.

Barry Gibb

#39. The Bee Gees, to us, was the three brothers. In Maurice's name, we would respect that and not be the Bee Gees anymore.

Robin Gibb

#40. 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.

Maurice Gibb

#41. Songs don't just come out of the air. They take time, but it's good fun, too. Maurice gave me encouragement.

Andy Gibb

#42. 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!

Maurice Gibb

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

Maurice Gibb

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

Maurice Gibb

#45. If some people can imagine that a person they love is alive in another world, why can't I imagine Maurice is alive in this one An artist is a person who uses art to run away from reality. It's not wrong-it's survival. There's nothing wrong with me creating a world in which Maurice is alive.

Robin Gibb