Ben Gibbard

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

#broke #even #find #get #getting

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

— Ben Gibbard

#collins #great #had #i #phil

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

#any #come #covered #good #i

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

#albums #couple #even #old #older

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. ↗

— Ben Gibbard

#become #chinese #come #democracy #eventually

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

#because #changes #clever #complex #deceptively

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

— Ben Gibbard

#certainly #god #just #knows #millionth

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

#always #before #down #explore #going

What we aspired to in 1998, we have wildly surpassed. And I know we all feel incredibly grateful and lucky this band has been able to have the life that it's had. ↗

— Ben Gibbard

#aspired #band #been #feel #grateful

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

#city #corners #different #difficult #difficult time