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 GibbI'm not a party person or someone who likes to sit and drink in clubs all night, and never really have been. I have a good time through work.
Robin GibbWith Maurice suddenly going, I realised... I think I've matured. I don't take things lightly any more.
Robin GibbHow do you explain the bond between man and wife? Well, for one thing, it's private. What people do in their own marriage is their own business.
Robin GibbAn artist is an artist because he is not happy with the world, so he creates his own existence.
Robin GibbYou know, we'd just had a birthday, he was... you know, he still had a future out of him, and all I can is he was just one of the most beautiful people in the world... a very gifted man, and it's a loss to the world, not just for us.
Robin GibbIf even a small portion of the praise that is bestowed on Michael Jackson now in death was given to him last year, in life, he might well still be with us.
Robin GibbThe Bee Gees were always heavily influenced by black music. As a songwriter, it's never been difficult to pick up on the changing styles of music out there, and soul has always been my favourite genre.
Robin GibbLots of people aren't comfortable with silences. They feel they've got to fill the dead air.
Robin GibbI'm very proud of being a Bee Gee and am always aware that I'll be identified as a Bee Gee.
Robin GibbI don't take things for granted, because everything feels more fragile. It's made me wonder about mortality and how long you've got somebody in the world. I'm more fearful than I used to be.
Robin GibbI'm really happy that I got to work with such fresh talent. In a day when record companies are not particularly good at encouraging young, talented songwriters to come forward and get exposure, I think it's important to give tomorrow's songwriters the opportunity.
Robin GibbI don't like lifts and will walk up 20 flights of stairs if I have to. Crowded rooms make me uncomfortable, too, although I can sing to a stadium full of thousands of people no bother.
Robin GibbI find it very, very hard. He was part of the fabric of my life. We were kids together, and teenagers. We spent the whole of our lives with each other because of our music.
Robin GibbI'll never get used to living without Mo, but the painful things that surround what happened to him aren't so painful any more - not so raw or so new.
Robin GibbIf the heart stops for more than two minutes, you have massive brain death. There are only two minutes between our conscious world and zero. That's how fragile our consciousness is.
Robin GibbWhen 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 GibbI sometimes wonder if the tragedies my family has suffered are a kind of karmic price for all the fame and fortune the Bee Gees have had.
Robin GibbAs the plane got closer to Miami, I had this terrible feeling he was dying. Maybe he was telling me that he was going. I felt anger, panic, despair and helplessness.
Robin GibbMusic became an obsession, and eventually we felt more comfortable with each other then we did with anyone else. The three of us were like one person.
Robin GibbWe said we'd fly the flag without him and carry on. I didn't give him a kiss because I still hadn't accepted what was happening. I was hoping that some miracle was going to happen. Of course, it didn't. I wish I had kissed him now.
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