Elton wanted a garden. They were building all afternoon while we were rehearsing. And then they built a fountain for Elton. And he said, I was only joking!

So many groups fail because they spend all their time in the clubs. Work pours in and they can't handle it because of late-night drinking.

As an alcoholic, you have no appreciation for your wife or your children's feelings, but I'm making up for that now. I'm winning my children's trust back.

The most important thing about recovery is to pass the message on.

I was always the one left behind. Out in the streets, when they saw me they'd say, That's just one of the Bee Gees.

I'll be honest. We copied everyone... the Beatles, the Bachelors. It was the only way people would even listen to you.

We don't mind being ripped apart, but don't rip the songs apart. They're like our kids.

I write the music because I can't really write lyrics. But I can write chords like Robin's never heard of. So I provide the music for them to add the lyrics to.

No one knew me until I met my wife Lulu. Lulu's mother used to ask, Which one is Maurice? For six months she thought Lulu was dating Barry.

I suppose being his twin made me understand Robin that much more easily.

I was always the sexy bass player in the background while Robin stood centre. Barry and I played it up a bit, gave 'em a bit of thigh.

A false-statement requires deceit and distortion for someone to buy it, but a truthful-statement sells itself.

You can greet even the dullest acquaintance with pleasure, if you have forgotten their dreary story.

So highly revered was commingle, that the Jews called him "the beauty of the Law".

A lover is never a completely self-reliant person viewing the world through his own eyes, but a hostage to a certain delusion.

I didn't have to go to school, graduate and then go, What am I going to do? I knew from the beginning.

It has become more important than ever that we teach students how to do research, and how to evaluate different sources of information. (Jimmy Wales, IB World, 68, Sept. 2013, p.10. )

The attainment of a just society is the cherished hope of civilized men.

If you are strong, appear weak. But if you are weak, appear strong.

My style is to take something unexpected and make it into a hit. That's what I do.