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born 1976 United States

Benjamin Gibbard (born 11 August 1976) an American singer, songwriter and guitarist who has formed several indie bands. He is most notable as the lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service, although also known for his project ¡All-Time Quarterback!.

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Liking interesting things doesn’t make you interesting.

At this point in my life, I find myself obsessed with alternate paths I could’ve taken. I don’t think about this with a sense of regret, but with a sense of wonder...

If there's no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I'll follow you into the dark

Plans (2005)

You touch her skin
And then you think
That she is beautiful
But she don't mean a thing to me

Transatlanticism (2003)

And it's strange
They are basically the same
So i don't ask names anymore

Transatlanticism (2003)

As the flashbulbs burst she holds a smile
Like someone would hold a crying child Soon everybody will ask what became of you
Your heart was dying fast and you didn't know what to do.

Narrow Stairs (2008)

A lot of the material is about the inevitable disappointment people feel as they move through life, and things don’t feel the way they expect. No experience will ever match up to the idealized version in your mind.

I am waiting for something to go wrong
I am waiting for familiar resolve

Transatlanticism (2003)

Some fans get genuinely upset if I admit that a song that they held close to their heart was not based on actual events in my life. Like “What Sarah Said”: I was never in a waiting room in a hospital waiting for news that somebody was going to die.

I don’t spend my time perusing message boards to find out what people think about me or if people think my songs are good or if people love that lyric or this or that. I just want to be happy with it myself — and if other people like it, that’s great.

Our band is very polarizing. There are people who absolutely can’t stand us, and people who absolutely can’t live without us. I’d rather spark those kind of polar-opposite feelings than have people be indifferent.

I once knew a girl
In the years of my youth
With eyes like the summer
All beauty and truth
In the morning I fled
Left a note and it read
Someday you will be loved.

Plans (2005)

And tiny vessels oozed into your neck
And formed the bruises
That you said you didn't want to fade
But they did and so did I that day

Transatlanticism (2003)

I wish the world was flat like the old days
Then i could travel just by folding a map
No more airplanes, or speed trains, or freeways
There'd be no distance that could hold us back

Transatlanticism (2003)

Because of my age and what I do for a living and the amount of time that I’ve spent away from my family and loved ones, I’m starting to relate more to the late-period Kerouac stuff in the way that I once related to the fun and excitement of the early material. There’s a darkness inside of me that I’m only now starting to come to grips with and accept. And it’s starting to scare me.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ben Gibbard (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.