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
tragedy bees kind
I 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.
people losing realizing
Losing people makes you realize you've got to grab life - not put things off.
thinking matured realised
With Maurice suddenly going, I realised... I think I've matured. I don't take things lightly any more.
opportunity thinking giving
I'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.
birthday beautiful loss
You 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.
kissing giving miracle
We 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.
people rooms flight
I 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.
karaoke machines bigs
Music is being treated as one big karaoke machine.
air people silence
Lots of people aren't comfortable with silences. They feel they've got to fill the dead air.
weight hard
It's hard for me to put on weight.
focus solo right-time
It just felt like the right time to focus on solo material.
skinny firsts ifs
I've always been thin. If you go back to when we first started I've always been skinny.
eating i-love-food food-love
I love food, I love eating.
party night clubs
I'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.