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“Between every record, we all split off in our own world and we all end up listening to usually pretty different music on our own. We come together not really knowing what the other people having been really listening to and what's been influencing them.”

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Ben Gibbard

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. more

“I kind of dropped a lot of bad habits about three years ago and became kind of accidentally straight-edge. I don't have Xs on my hands, but I guess if I wanted to go back to calling myself straight-edge, I could. Around that same time I started running. I never saw myself as the kind of person who would become a runner. It seemed unfathomable to me that I would ever run three miles, let alone 26.2.”

Kind Running Habit Bad Habits

Author:Ben Gibbard

“Everybody has a language or code that they use with their wife or their girlfriend or boyfriend or what have you. It's a language aside from the language they have with strangers.”

Language Wife Stranger Code Girlfriend

Author:Ben Gibbard

“Pregnancy takes a huge physical toll on your body. I have many friends who have had babies and many of them require medical help and attention, emergency Cesarean sections and forceps. If you think that people just have a kid and it's no big deal, that's not true. It's one of the most dangerous things for a woman to do. If you take away access to accessible medical women in America, you're going to bump up the death rate.”

People Thinking Helping Kids Attention Dangerous Baby Rate Medical Pregnancy

Author:Abigail Tarttelin

“Actor is an odd profession, and sometimes people get jealous, but I haven't really experienced any of that. Everyone's been really happy for me, which is really, really great.”

People Sometimes Profession Odd Jealous Really Great Really Happy Get Jealous

Author:Benedict Cumberbatch