Barry Gibb Quotes

Maurice was a silly man. Maurice liked being silly.

I would be content if I had nothing but a tape-recorder. I could still write songs and record them.

You can be tops in Australia and be unheard of everywhere else.

The only thing I miss on stage is the falsetto.

I don’t want to live on past records.

We were very influenced by The Beatles, no question.

I’ve never been into parties, premieres or night-clubbing.

I never really did any disco dancing.

It is not the money but the self-respect and wanting to create good music.

Now there is a new group every week; it seems like everybody and anybody can get into the charts.

I’m Mr Boring, not a party-goer at all.

When you are in your 20’s and 30’s, you just want a hit record and you don’t really care how it happens.

Leaving Australia was the hardest thing I have ever done.

I don’t ever wish I was somebody else.

We enjoy change and freshness, and disco was only one area we’ve delved into.

I just love the feeling a close family gives you and I wouldn’t change it for anything.

Our parents came home one day and heard us, and they thought it was the radio, but our grandfather told them it was us.

By going solo I could lose a fortune but money is not important.

It’s very questionable, and 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.

The Bee Gees no longer exist.

You are never really prepared for criticism.

I think they are grooming me as another Gary Cooper.

Sure I’m leaving the Bee Gees. I’m going into films.

As long as you’re having fun, that’s the key. The moment it becomes a grind, it’s over.

It was great being together as a band, but much more difficult being brothers than it was being in a band.