London:
Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb says writing a symphony about the sinking of the Titanic has helped him through a personal tragedy.
The 62-year-old pop legend had a lifelong fascination with the ship, and to mark the 100th anniversary of the disaster he has composed his first classical work The Titanic Requiem, with son RJ, 29, reported Sun online.
"I'm truly grateful that working on The Titanic Requiem distracted me from my illness to such a degree that I truly believe it might have saved my life," he said.
Gibb's fascination with the Titanic story stems from boyhood, when he was caught up in a violent storm at sea.
"One of my earliest memories goes back to when I was a little boy of seven and my grandmother told me how her mother cried floods of tears when she heard that the Titanic had sunk. Then, when I was eight and me and my family were sailing to Australia to start our musical career and begin a new life, we got caught in a monsoon. Then the captain made the announcement, 'Do not worry. There hasn't been a tragedy at sea since the Titanic went down in 1912'."
The 62-year-old pop legend had a lifelong fascination with the ship, and to mark the 100th anniversary of the disaster he has composed his first classical work The Titanic Requiem, with son RJ, 29, reported Sun online.
"I'm truly grateful that working on The Titanic Requiem distracted me from my illness to such a degree that I truly believe it might have saved my life," he said.
Gibb's fascination with the Titanic story stems from boyhood, when he was caught up in a violent storm at sea.
"One of my earliest memories goes back to when I was a little boy of seven and my grandmother told me how her mother cried floods of tears when she heard that the Titanic had sunk. Then, when I was eight and me and my family were sailing to Australia to start our musical career and begin a new life, we got caught in a monsoon. Then the captain made the announcement, 'Do not worry. There hasn't been a tragedy at sea since the Titanic went down in 1912'."
