Maurice Gibb Quotes

• 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.

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

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• 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.

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• We expected to have a good time with Clive Davis ’cause I’ve always liked him, his shows. I’ve sort of followed his career a bit ’cause he had a lot of that on PBS over here.

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

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

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

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

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• 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.

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• Robin hasn’t got a big nose – but I can soon arrange that.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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

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

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• 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.

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

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

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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Maurice Gibb (32)

Birth:	22nd December, 1949
Death:	12th January, 2003
Nationality:	Australian, British
Profession:	Lyricist, Record Producer, Singer

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