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I love bummer songs.

~Ben Gibbard

Topics: Bummer Love Songs I Love

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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 than that.

~Ben Gibbard

Topics: Album Albums Couple Even Old Older Than Think Years

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The second 'Postal Service' album is threatening to become the 'Chinese Democracy' of indie rock. It will come out eventually, or maybe it won't.

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Topics: Album Become Chinese Come Democracy Eventually Indie Maybe Out Postal Rock Second Service Threatening Will

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I'm not like a 90-mph fastball kind of guy, but I can hit 70 on radar gun. I hit 70 one time on a radar guy at one of those pitch-and-throw kind of things. I have a pretty good arm for somebody who's not a baseball player.

~Ben Gibbard

Topics: Arm Baseball Baseball Player Fastball Good Gun Guy Hit Kind Like One Time Player Pretty Pretty Good Radar Somebody Things Those Time I Can

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I've always had a soft spot for Phil Collins. He's a great vocalist.

~Ben Gibbard

Topics: Always Collins Great Had He Phil Soft Soft Spot Spot

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I've covered Avril Lavigne. I like good pop songs, and I don't think there should be any kind of preconceptions about where good pop songs come from.

~Ben Gibbard

Topics: About Any Come Covered Good Kind Like Pop Pop Songs Preconceptions Should Songs Think Where

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I feel that we are currently living in a world that is similar to late '50s, early '60s kind of world.

~Ben Gibbard

Topics: Currently Early Feel Kind Late Living Similar World I Feel

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I was literally just going and applying for jobs, and I couldn't get a job, and I was getting more and more broke, and you find yourself groveling for jobs you don't even want.

~Ben Gibbard

Topics: Applying Broke Even Find Get Getting Going Job Jobs Just Literally More More And More Want You Yourself

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When we moved to Seattle, everybody kind of disappeared into different corners of the city and it was a very difficult time for the band.

~Ben Gibbard

Topics: Band City Corners Different Difficult Difficult Time Disappeared Everybody Kind Moved Seattle Time Very

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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.

~Ben Gibbard

Topics: Because Changes Clever Complex Hall Key Listening Number Pass Seamless Song Songwriting You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: August 11th, 1976

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