Ben Gibbard Quotes

I sort of look at music as helping me get through situations.

We have fans that come up all the time and say, 'This song helped me through this tough time in my life' or whatever. The music helps us through it, too.

Music can get me through anything.

Going through something difficult in your life, music, for me, is always a friend and something that helps you to figure things out.

If you are having a hard week, turn on one of my songs. Some people are here for different things in life. My job is to make you forget about your troubles.

Music helped me, growing up: it very much felt like a companion and made me less lonely.

Many of my fans often tell me that they listen to my songs to get through things. And therefore, obviously, I hope that they can picture being in a place where things are better... I hope my songs can bring people to a calm place.

I think, bad times, I sit down and I play - there's definitely certain songs that touch in certain ways. I go back to 'Moonlight Sonata' by Beethoven; that usually takes care of everything.

Music has healed me on so many different occasions, and I want my music to be able to do that for someone else.

I think people tend to cling to music when times are hard.

When I started music, I think it was responsible for keeping me sane, because training as a dancer really kept me in good spirits amid all the crazy stuff that happened when I first became popular.

As you get older, challenges arise that you aren't prepared for, but what got me through it was music.

When I am stressed, my No. 1 reliever is my music.

I have a shelf of comfort books, which I read when the world closes in on me or something untoward happens.

It sounds cheesy, but music has saved me in a lot of ways. If I had just continued acting, I don't think I would be alive.

I listen to music when I'm feeling down or just a certain way. I don't know what I'd do without it!

If I hadn't had music in my life, it's quite possible I'd be dead and I'd much rather be alive.

I've been writing lullabies since the beginning. I kind of did it for myself to help myself fall asleep when I really worried, like when I was homeless and I'd fall asleep in my car.

I definitely use my music to kind of alleviate my stress and get me through specific moments in time where I'm just being really tough on myself.

I wrote the song 'Angels Standing By'... to try and soothe myself - rock myself to sleep, basically - because I was so scared and stressed.

If there's ever been a dark moment in my life... well, I wanted to check out. Music was a big escape.

When I was going through sad times, I'd watch 'Cheers' at the end of the day to make me feel better.

We all have movies for times in our lives when we really need something.

Music kept me sane between acting jobs.

I was sad and in a dark place, and I turned to a hobby to sort of take me out of that.