Tom would bring in songs, Mike would engineer, and we recorded about 30 songs. — Benmont Tench Copy Share Image
If you call attention to yourself at the expense of the song, that's the cardinal sin. — Benmont Tench Copy Share Image
I was just writing songs because, if a song shows up, you've gotta write it. I didn't know what to do with… — Benmont Tench Copy Share Image
The idea that I could write songs that people wanted to hear came from other people who said they liked what I… — Benmont Tench Copy Share Image
I try to find little things that you can do to move the song along and things that serve the song. — Benmont Tench Copy Share Image
You can go crazy and play solos in the right place, and that's great because it can intensify and bring an emotional… — Benmont Tench Copy Share Image
Whoever hired me might've just heard 'Refugee.' Well, I'm not the secret to 'Refugee.' The secret to 'Refugee' is the song. But… — Benmont Tench Copy Share Image
Listen to the Beatles' 'Things We Said Today.' Ringo Starr does not play a fill in the entire song. It doesn't need… — Benmont Tench Copy Share Image
We started with Denny Cordell, and he was a great record producer. He knew exactly how to take a band that knew… — Benmont Tench Copy Share Image
What a good session musician does is listen to the song, to the artist, and to the other players. That way you… — Benmont Tench Copy Share Image
I learned to play piano in a rock n' roll context or band context from country records - you know, Floyd Cramer… — Benmont Tench Copy Share Image
In Mudcrutch we all wrote songs, and when it got to the focus on Tom and the Heartbreakers, I kept writing songs,… — Benmont Tench Copy Share Image
I did enjoy Nashville a lot of the time, because I made really good friends who were really good songwriters, and they would be… — Benmont Tench Copy Share
I don't know about five guys against the world. It's more like five guys against these three chords, and we're gonna wrestle 'em down… — Benmont Tench Copy Share
The idea that I could write songs that people wanted to hear came from other people who said they liked what I did. — Benmont Tench Copy Share
Sometimes you work with somebody you've never heard of because you just feel like working. — Benmont Tench Copy Share
I'm not an overly skilled piano player or organ player at all, but I think I'm the right piano and organ player for the… — Benmont Tench Copy Share
I learned to play piano in a rock n' roll context or band context from country records - you know, Floyd Cramer - and… — Benmont Tench Copy Share
Working with Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson takes you up another level. — Benmont Tench Copy Share
I was just writing songs because, if a song shows up, you've gotta write it. I didn't know what to do with them. I… — Benmont Tench Copy Share
There was a period when I wrote in Nashville for Maverick and then Warner/Chappell, and it was interesting. — Benmont Tench Copy Share
Listen to the Beatles' 'Things We Said Today.' Ringo Starr does not play a fill in the entire song. It doesn't need it. 'A… — Benmont Tench Copy Share
We started with Denny Cordell, and he was a great record producer. He knew exactly how to take a band that knew absolutely nothing,… — Benmont Tench Copy Share
