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
focus solo right-time
It just felt like the right time to focus on solo material.
eating i-love-food food-love
I love food, I love eating.
mean
My work means everything to me.
fruit vegetarian
I don't like fruit but I'm vegetarian, so eat a lot of veggies.
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.
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.
men wife people
How do you explain the bond between man and wife? Well, for one thing, it's private. What people do in their own marriage is their own business.
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.