Quotes

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

I was always the sexy bass player in the background while [Robin Gibb] stood centre. [Barry Gibb] 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".

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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 Gibb].

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

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

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

Harmonies are nice.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[on the song "Light My Fire"] Jim Morrison's very good looking, but I don't like this version of the song. The [José Feliciano] version is better.

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

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

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

[Elton John] 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!"

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.

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

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