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Robin Gibb

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Robin Gibb is the kind of thinker who lets the words do the talking — and they talk volumes. The range of their thinking — from Death to Respect — speaks to an intellectual restlessness that shows in every quote. 13 of Robin Gibb's sharpest quotes live here, spanning themes of Death, Respect, Marriage, Inspirational, and Future. A favorite of many readers: "The Bee Gees, to us, was the three brothers. In Maurice's name, we would respect that and not be the Bee Gees anymore."

“The illness, and the untimely death of my brothers, has made me conscious of the fact that - rather than just think about it - it's crucial that you do today what you want to do.”

— Robin Gibb

Death

All Quotes by Robin Gibb

“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.”

— Robin Gibb

Anger

“I don't have too much faith in destiny, or an afterlife. This is it.”

— Robin Gibb

Faith

“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.”

— Robin Gibb

Family

“The Bee Gees, to us, was the three brothers. In Maurice's name, we would respect that and not be the Bee Gees anymore.”

— Robin Gibb

Respect

“I love food, I love eating.”

— Robin Gibb

Food

“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.”

— Robin Gibb

Marriage

“When Maurice touched a keyboard, it was like something from a movie, magical. He would always give you something from a movie, and you'd go, what did you just play... immediately inspirational writings, amazing. That's what we're going to miss.”

— Robin Gibb

Amazing

“The illness, and the untimely death of my brothers, has made me conscious of the fact that - rather than just think about it - it's crucial that you do today what you want to do.”

— Robin Gibb

Death

“If the heart stops for more than two minutes, you have massive brain death. There are only two minutes between our conscious world and zero. That's how fragile our consciousness is.”

— Robin Gibb

Death

“You know, we'd 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 it's a loss to the world, not just for us.”

— Robin Gibb

Birthday

“You realize that however much you don't think about death - or think that's for other people - you're just an organism living from day to day. I'm just grateful I'm here.”

— Robin Gibb

Death