Top 25 Maurice Gibb Quotes

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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!

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

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

Harmonies are nice.

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.

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.

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 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.