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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

Topics: About Bad Bad Habits Best Get Habits Lot Me See Starting Want

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I just rediscovered my guitar.

~Ben Gibbard

Topics: Guitar Just

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To set the record straight for the God knows millionth time, we certainly didn't sign to Atlantic just for the money.

~Ben Gibbard

Topics: Atlantic Certainly God Just Knows Money Record Set Sign Straight Time

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It's like, how do you continue to make records that are representative of who you are that your fans will recognize as your band, while still trying to push things forward and present new sounds for people.

~Ben Gibbard

Topics: Band Continue Fans Forward How Like Make New People Present Push Recognize Records Representative Sounds Still Things Trying While Who Will You Your

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You can't please everybody all the time, but I think for the most part we tend to maintain a healthy level of self-reference to kind of make sure we continue to push things forward.

~Ben Gibbard

Topics: Continue Everybody Forward Healthy Kind Level Maintain Make Most Part Please Push Sure Tend Things Think Time You I Think

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We never sit down before we start making a record and talk about this new sonic palette that we are going to try to explore. We always let the record kind of reveal itself to us over time.

~Ben Gibbard

Topics: About Always Before Down Explore Going Itself Kind Making Never New Over Palette Record Reveal Sit Sonic Start Talk Time Try Us

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Everybody has a language or code that they use with their wife or their girlfriend or boyfriend or what have you. It's a language aside from the language they have with strangers. I've always been maybe an abuser of alliteration, but I've always loved it and I like how those words sound together.

~Ben Gibbard

Topics: Always Aside Been Boyfriend Code Everybody Girlfriend How Language Like Loved Maybe Sound Strangers Those Together Use Wife Words You

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For 'Narrow Stairs', the majority of the songs I brought in were guitar songs - songs we could sit in a room and just play. I can honestly say I had more fun and felt more inspired on this record than anything that we had done in a long time.

~Ben Gibbard

Topics: Anything Brought Could Done Felt Fun Guitar Had Honestly Inspired Just Long Long Time Majority More Narrow Play Record Room Say Sit Songs Stairs Than Time Were I Can

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I like writing on piano and a computer, and a lot of 'Plans' came out of samples and vocal lines.

~Ben Gibbard

Topics: Came Computer Like Lines Lot Out Piano Plans Samples Vocal Writing

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Living this life in the same sorta way that Kerouac lived, you get to hang out at shows and drink and you're able to not really face reality and adulthood the way most of my friends are.

~Ben Gibbard

Topics: Able Adulthood Drink Face Face Reality Friends Get Hang Life Lived Living Most Out Reality Really Same Shows Way You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: August 11th, 1976

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