Barry Gibb
Barry Gibb
Barry Alan Crompton Gibb, CBEis a British singer, songwriter and record producer who rose to worldwide fame as a co-founder of the group Bee Gees, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed groups in the history of popular music. With his brothers, Robin and Maurice Gibb, he formed a songwriting partnership beginning in 1966...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth1 September 1946
fun keys long
As long as you're having fun, that's the key. The moment it becomes a grind, it's over.
mentally stay
I think vocally and mentally we've managed to stay intact, somehow.
good job numbers recorded somehow songwriter
I think every songwriter must feel as we do, but somehow no one who has recorded one of our numbers has made as good a job as we had hoped.
distant dream success
Success like we have now was just a very distant dream in 1971.
pop
The only thing that exists to me is commercial pop music.
english-musician influenced
We were very influenced by The Beatles, no question.
english-musician
Sure I'm leaving the Bee Gees. I'm going into films.
english-musician
We had to leave Australia to become international stars.
albums english-musician few stones
I'm the eldest at 51, and if the Stones can drag themselves around once more, then there's a few more albums in us.
english-musician final pursue quest
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.
benches park sleeping turned
We could have been sleeping on park benches now but fortunately everything turned out well, much better than we had ever hoped.
damaged unknown
Unknown to myself, I damaged all my joints.
linda love secret
The other secret is that Linda and I are still in love. And being really in love doesn't go away. It's also about being friends.
causes wrists
Fortunately I can still play the guitar, but I have to strap my wrists up to give them support. It's the twisting of the wrist that causes the pain, so it's OK.