Quotes from Barry Gibb

I've never been into parties, premieres or night-clubbing.

Sure I'm leaving the Bee Gees. I'm going into films.

The Bee Gees no longer exist.

I'm Mr Boring, not a party-goer at all.

By going solo I could lose a fortune but money is not important.

It is commercial pop that the majority of people understand. A working man's daughter would not understand blues.

I like blues but it is music I am too ignorant to understand.

The secret is to make sure your family comes before anything else, because no matter what you do you've got to come home.

I would be content if I had nothing but a tape-recorder. I could still write songs and record them.

It is not the money but the self-respect and wanting to create good music.

You are never really prepared for criticism.

Maurice would prance into a room, you know, and his presence was immediate.

I never really did any disco dancing.

Everybody is a teenage idol.

We enjoy change and freshness, and disco was only one area we've delved into.

Leaving Australia was the hardest thing I have ever done.

The only thing that exists to me is commercial pop music.

The only thing I miss on stage is the falsetto.

We were very influenced by The Beatles, no question.

Our parents came home one day and heard us, and they thought it was the radio, but our grandfather told them it was us.

I think they are grooming me as another Gary Cooper.

When you write a song you have an idea of how it should be sung but it doesn't work out that way if someone else records it.

Everybody is a teenage idol.

The secret is to make sure your family comes before anything else, because no matter what you do you've got to come home.