--- title: "1 Biggest Band Quotes By Ben Gibbard" description: "1 Biggest Band quotes by Ben Gibbard. Plus more from Ben Gibbard and more Biggest Band sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9b/ben-gibbard-7584_ambition_the-late-90s-were-a-really-bad-time-for_1734898.jpg" --- > [The late '90s were a really bad time for people trying to be rock stars, you know what I mean? It seemed like everyone was a one-hit wonder on the radio. We had friends who had a hit single on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-gibbard/the-late-90s-were-a-really-bad-time-for-people-trying-to-be-rock/) [Ben Gibbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-gibbard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9b/ben-gibbard-7584_ambition_the-late-90s-were-a-really-bad-time-for_1734898.jpg) ## More by Ben Gibbard > [I don't want to be overdramatic about it, but I'm starting to see a lot of my bad habits get the best of me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-gibbard/i-don-t-want-to-be-overdramatic-about-it-but-i-m-starting-to-see-a/) [Ben Gibbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-gibbard/) > [We never sit down before we start making a record and talk about this new sonic palette that we are going to try to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-gibbard/we-never-sit-down-before-we-start-making-a-record-and-talk-about-this/) [Ben Gibbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-gibbard/) > [When I'm old, I'd like to wake up in the morning and not really do anything - just be happy to exist. I'd like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-gibbard/when-i-m-old-i-d-like-to-wake-up-in-the-morning-and-not-really-do/) [Ben Gibbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-gibbard/) > [An ex-girlfriend once got upset when I told her that music is the most important thing in my life. It's more important than anyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-gibbard/an-ex-girlfriend-once-got-upset-when-i-told-her-that-music-is-the/) [Ben Gibbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-gibbard/) > [At some point, I thought that, as I got older, I'd come to terms with a lot of things. I'd solve some big problems,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-gibbard/at-some-point-i-thought-that-as-i-got-older-i-d-come-to-terms-with-a/) [Ben Gibbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-gibbard/) > [The songwriting of Hall & Oates is deceptively complex. There are a number of key changes that pass you by as you're listening to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-gibbard/the-songwriting-of-hall-oates-is-deceptively-complex-there-are-a/) [Ben Gibbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-gibbard/) > [When you connect as many memories to your geography as I have, and then you see that geography change around you, you're forced to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-gibbard/when-you-connect-as-many-memories-to-your-geography-as-i-have-and/) [Ben Gibbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-gibbard/) > [It's trippy to think we have an album that's 10 years old. It's even trippier to think we have a couple of albums older…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-gibbard/it-s-trippy-to-think-we-have-an-album-that-s-10-years-old-it-s-even/) [Ben Gibbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-gibbard/) > [We all pine for a time in life when things were simpler. Even when they weren't necessarily simpler, hindsight makes them look a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-gibbard/we-all-pine-for-a-time-in-life-when-things-were-simpler-even-when/) [Ben Gibbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-gibbard/) > [I kind of dropped a lot of bad habits about three years ago and became kind of accidentally straight-edge. I don't have Xs on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-gibbard/i-kind-of-dropped-a-lot-of-bad-habits-about-three-years-ago-and/) [Ben Gibbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-gibbard/) > [For 'Narrow Stairs', the majority of the songs I brought in were guitar songs - songs we could sit in a room and just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-gibbard/for-narrow-stairs-the-majority-of-the-songs-i-brought-in-were-guitar/) [Ben Gibbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-gibbard/) > [I've always had a soft spot for Phil Collins. He's a great vocalist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-gibbard/i-ve-always-had-a-soft-spot-for-phil-collins-he-s-a-great-vocalist/) [Ben Gibbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-gibbard/) > [More times than not, it's a failed endeavor. You will fail more times than you succeed. But I think you need those failed endeavors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-gibbard/more-times-than-not-it-s-a-failed-endeavor-you-will-fail-more-times/) [Ben Gibbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-gibbard/) > [I think a lot of people who become music fans have that moment where they break from their parents' music, they break from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-gibbard/i-think-a-lot-of-people-who-become-music-fans-have-that-moment-where/) [Ben Gibbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-gibbard/) > [I want to write songs with complete sentences. I almos have this obsession with short-changing words. I would never be so pretentious to say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-gibbard/i-want-to-write-songs-with-complete-sentences-i-almos-have-this/) [Ben Gibbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-gibbard/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biggest-band/ben-gibbard/#itemlist", "name": "1 Biggest Band Quotes By Ben Gibbard", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The late '90s were a really bad time for people trying to be rock stars, you know what I mean? It seemed like everyone was a one-hit wonder on the radio. We had friends who had a hit single on the radio and sold 500,000 records, and then they couldn't get arrested a year later. I had this feeling at the time that that was not possible anymore, so the idea of becoming the biggest band in the country—it seemed laughable. 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