“I love bummer songs.” — Ben Gibbard Quote

“I love bummer songs.”

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

“When you connect as many memories to your geography as I have, and then you see that geography change around you, you're forced to reckon with the passage of time.”

“I remember looking up wrestling schools at the age of 10, and I emailed so many people. The responses were that I had to be 16 or 18 to train, and that was a bummer.”

“Your first pregnancy you have nothing to do except sleep and take care of yourself and go to prenatal yoga or whatever. Now I have a full-time job, I have a four-year-old, I've got a life that is demanding my attention, so I've gone to prenatal yoga once. It's such a bummer.”

“Not to be a bummer, but heartbreak is great for inspiration - we all know that - and it's really hard to write songs if I go through a phase where I don't feel much.”