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> [The songwriting of Hall & Oates is deceptively complex. There are a number of key changes that pass you by as you're listening to the song because they're so seamless and clever.](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/)

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> [Hall & Oates is one of the few musical groups as satisfying now as it was back then. There's something incredibly musically satisfying about their songs. Nothing has diminished my love for them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-gibbard/hall-oates-is-one-of-the-few-musical-groups-as-satisfying-now-as-it/)

[Ben Gibbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-gibbard/)

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## 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/)

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