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
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.
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.
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.
country historical buried
I visit English country churchyards where historical figures are buried.
destiny afterlife too-much
I don't have too much faith in destiny, or an afterlife. This is it.
teenager kids life-is-hard
I find it very, very hard. He was part of the fabric of my life. We were kids together, and teenagers. We spent the whole of our lives with each other because of our music.
air people silence
Lots of people aren't comfortable with silences. They feel they've got to fill the dead air.
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.
pockets
We've been in each other's pockets our entire lives
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.
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.
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.
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.