Robin Gibb
Robin Gibb
Robin Hugh Gibb, CBEwas a British singer, songwriter and record producer, best known as a member of the group Bee Gees. He gained worldwide fame with his brothers Barry and Maurice Gibb. Their younger brother Andy was also a singer. Gibb joined his first band the Rattlesnakes which formed in Manchester, England...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth22 December 1949
soul black style
The 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.
long world wonder
I 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.
zero heart two
If 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.
three obsession music-is
Music 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.
reading book ideas
My idea of a good time is creating something and reading a good book.
pockets
We've been in each other's pockets our entire lives
stuff
I love stuff like Mozart.
running art reality
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.
rocks opera beats
I don't like rock opera with back beats.
destiny afterlife too-much
I don't have too much faith in destiny, or an afterlife. This is it.
fruit vegetarian
I don't like fruit but I'm vegetarian, so eat a lot of veggies.
artist world not-happy
An artist is an artist because he is not happy with the world, so he creates his own existence.
home knows
I don't know what 'home' or 'abroad' is any more.
anger feelings despair
As 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.