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
conversation inspire strikes words
Anything can inspire me - a conversation, something strikes you about words which can end up being a title.
arrived contract recording
After all, when we arrived in London, we had nothing. We were unknown. We had no recording contract and no work.
agony began lower problems
My lower back problems really began in 1989 on the One For All tour, which was agony for me.
keeping maybe music
Maybe the way to do it is through music - keeping the music alive.
far proper
No one so far has been able to get the proper feel of a song.
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.
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.
bee bubbles burst gees later sooner stop
But sooner or later these bubbles burst anyway, and I would like for the Bee Gees to stop before we wane.
business pop sick though tired
I like every part of the pop business - though I'm sick and tired of back-biters.