Quotes by Robin Gibb

“I cant accept that hes dead. I just imagine hes alive somewhere else. Pretend is the right word. Pretend is where Im at.”

“We said wed fly the flag without him and carry on. I didnt give him a kiss because I still hadnt accepted what was happening. I was hoping that some miracle was going to happen. Of course, it didnt. I wish I had kissed him now.”

“One morning Id woken up about 4 a.m., feeling nauseous. The feeling lasted about an hour. It was at the time Maurice was in hospital with pains in his stomach. It was probably some indication that something was wrong, because I have never, ever had that feeling before.”

“Ill never get used to living without Mo, but the painful things that surround what happened to him arent so painful any more-not so raw or so new.”

“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.”

“He could play a few chords on a keyboard and inspire a whole song. I dont think anyone could play a few notes as magically as Maurice could. Maurice is a part of the history of the Bee Gees, so the music will always have Maurice in it. Weve lost Maurice, but well never lose his inspiration.”

“Youre looking at the Bee Gees right now.”

“In the beginning, Barry and I couldnt decide if we were going got go forward with the name of the Bee Gees or just as Barry and Robin. Now weve decided to continue as the Bee Gees because we feel we can, and Maurice would have wanted it.”

“Id never try to be that distinctive from the Bee Gees sound. Im very proud of being a Bee Gee and am always aware that Ill be identified as a Bee Gee.”

“Were both devastated. Weve actually been in shock for the last few days since Maurice was taken ill, and so this has all gone too fast for us.”

When Maurice touched a keyboard, it was like something from a movie, magical. He would always give you something from a movie, and youd go, what did you just play... immediately inspirational writings, amazing. Thats what were going to miss.

Nobody will ever take Maurices place, and hell go on with us and hell go on our music. Hell go on with us as the Bee Gees, and Maurice will always be with us.

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.

You know, wed 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 its a loss to the world, not just for us.

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.