- 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.
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