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Ben Gibbard is an American singer-songwriter born on August 11, 1976. Known for his distinctive voice and heartfelt lyrics, he is a founding member of the band Death Cab for Cutie. Gibbard's musical style blends indie rock, pop rock, and folk elements, and his work has been beloved by fans around the world.

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“If you tell certain people that you like Kerouac, they assume that's all you read, like you don't know anything else about literature. I recognize all the things that people dislike about the way he writes - his tone and the sentimentality of it all. But those books were there for me at a very important point in my life.”

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“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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“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.”

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“I'm a war of head versus heart, it's always this way. My head is weak, my heart always speaks, before I know what it will say.”

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Born: August 11, 1976
Known for: Singer-songwriter
Quotes: 54

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