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.

Quote by Barry Gibb

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

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

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

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

Im very much a family person.

Im very much a family person.

Im the eldest at 51, and if the Stones can drag themselves around once more,...

Im the eldest at 51, and if the Stones can drag themselves around once more,...

It is commercial pop that the majority of people understand. A working man's daughter would...

It is commercial pop that the majority of people understand. A working man's daughter would...

I think they are grooming me as another Gary Cooper.

I think they are grooming me as another Gary Cooper.

Ive never been into parties, premieres or night-clubbing.

Ive never been into parties, premieres or night-clubbing.

It was great being together as a band, but much more difficult being brothers than...

It was great being together as a band, but much more difficult being brothers than...

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

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

I never really did any disco dancing.

I never really did any disco dancing.

I will always have my songs and I don't think I will ever dry-up.

I will always have my songs and I don't think I will ever dry-up.

I don't want to live on past records.

I don't want to live on past records.

The only thing I miss on stage is the falsetto.

The only thing I miss on stage is the falsetto.

You are never really prepared for criticism.

You are never really prepared for criticism.

Ive worked with a lot of people who are more famous than myself who are...

Ive worked with a lot of people who are more famous than myself who are...

But even now, when people see me in the street, they point upwards to the...

But even now, when people see me in the street, they point upwards to the...

I just love the feeling a close family gives you and I wouldnt change it...

I just love the feeling a close family gives you and I wouldnt change it...

We were very influenced by The Beatles, no question.

We were very influenced by The Beatles, no question.

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

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

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

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