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Maurice Gibb
Australian
Musician
About the author
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.
Maurice Gibb,
Australian
Musician
#Pride
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.
Maurice Gibb,
Australian
Musician
#Now
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.
Maurice Gibb,
Australian
Musician
#Music
They don't bother too much with the balance and things on blues records.
Maurice Gibb,
Australian
Musician
#Balance
I'll be honest. We copied everyone... the Beatles, the Bachelors. It was the only way people would even listen to you.
Maurice Gibb,
Australian
Musician
#People
#Bachelors
The most important thing about recovery is to pass the message on.
Maurice Gibb,
Australian
Musician
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!
Maurice Gibb,
Australian
Musician
#Building
#Garden
I'm not a big blues fan, but I don't know anyone who doesn't dig B.B. King.
Maurice Gibb,
Australian
Musician
Finally, I found a program that's put my troubles behind me.
Maurice Gibb,
Australian
Musician
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.
Maurice Gibb,
Australian
Musician
Robin hasn't got a big nose - but I can soon arrange that.
Maurice Gibb,
Australian
Musician
Tiny Tim? Anyone could sing like that. It's atrocious. It's hideous, really.
Maurice Gibb,
Australian
Musician
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.
Maurice Gibb,
Australian
Musician
#Time
#Work
#Drinking
It's very hard to write a song alone. It's only by jamming that you can get a song together.
Maurice Gibb,
Australian
Musician
#Song
Jim Morrison's very good looking, but I don't like this version of the song. The Feliciano version is better.
Maurice Gibb,
Australian
Musician
#Song
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.
Maurice Gibb,
Australian
Musician
#Wife
#Thought
#Mother
#Months
#Dating
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.
Maurice Gibb,
Australian
Musician
#Now
#Wife
#Children
#Trust
#Winning
#Feelings
#Appreciation
Barry seems to be more flamboyant merely because he gets more interviews to talk about it.
Maurice Gibb,
Australian
Musician
#Talk
America? They had a good girl singer, Janis Joplin.
Maurice Gibb,
Australian
Musician
#America
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.
Maurice Gibb,
Australian
Musician
Everybody who knows us knows we always have a good time.
Maurice Gibb,
Australian
Musician
#Time
FOr a while, I'd never had the opportunity to prove on TV that I could play the piano.
Maurice Gibb,
Australian
Musician
#Play
#Opportunity
Harmonies are nice.
Maurice Gibb,
Australian
Musician
I heard my brother's voice even though we were apart. I then answered the phone and found him on the line.
Maurice Gibb,
Australian
Musician
#Voice
#Brother
I suppose being his twin made me understand Robin that much more easily.
Maurice Gibb,
Australian
Musician
#Being
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.
Maurice Gibb,
Australian
Musician
#Songs
#American
When Andy died, I just drank to dumb my mind.
Maurice Gibb,
Australian
Musician
#Dumb
#Mind
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.
Maurice Gibb,
Australian
Musician
#Want
#Work
#Years
#Today
#Money
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.
Maurice Gibb,
Australian
Musician
#Time
#Career
We don't mind being ripped apart, but don't rip the songs apart. They're like our kids.
Maurice Gibb,
Australian
Musician
#Songs
#Kids
#Being
#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.
Maurice Gibb,
Australian
Musician
#Act
#Stars
#Houses