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 reckon with the passage of time. — Ben Gibbard Copy Share Image
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. — Ben Gibbard Copy Share Image
We never sit down before we start making a record and talk about this new sonic palette that we are going to try to… — Ben Gibbard Copy Share Image
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… — Ben Gibbard Copy Share Image
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 else could ever be. I don't want to be overly dramatic and say it's the only thing that gets me up and keeps me going. But people in your life come and go. As you go… — Ben Gibbard Copy Share
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,… — Ben Gibbard Copy Share Image
The songwriting of Hall & Oates is deceptively complex. There are a number of key changes that pass you by as you're listening to… — Ben Gibbard Copy Share Image
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… — Ben Gibbard Copy Share Image
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… — Ben Gibbard Copy Share Image
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… — Ben Gibbard Copy Share Image
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 my hands, but I guess if I wanted to go back to calling myself straight-edge, I could. Around that same time I started running. I never saw myself as the kind of person who would become… — Ben Gibbard Copy Share
For 'Narrow Stairs', the majority of the songs I brought in were guitar songs - songs we could sit in a room and just… — Ben Gibbard Copy Share Image
