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 simpler. The reality of it was that it wasn't. ↗

— Ben Gibbard

#hindsight #life #look #lot #makes

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

#adulthood #drink #face #face reality #friends

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

#everybody #forward #healthy #i #i think

As a songwriter, I'm not necessarily writing about myself or my life. ↗

— Ben Gibbard

#i #life #my life #myself #necessarily

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. ↗

— Ben Gibbard

#amp #back #diminished #few #groups

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

#bad #bad habits #best #get #habits

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

— Ben Gibbard

#early #feel #i #i feel #kind

I just rediscovered my guitar. ↗

— Ben Gibbard

#i #just #rediscovered

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

— Ben Gibbard

#computer #i #like #lines #lot

I love bummer songs. ↗

— Ben Gibbard

#i #i love #love #songs