Working with Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson takes you up another level. — Benmont Tench Country 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 Came 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 Any 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… — Benmont Tench Because Copy Share Image
There was a period when I wrote in Nashville for Maverick and then Warner/Chappell, and it was interesting. — Benmont Tench Interesting Copy Share Image
Sometimes you work with somebody you've never heard of because you just feel like working. — Benmont Tench Feels Copy Share Image
I'm not an overly skilled piano player or organ player at all, but I think I'm the right piano and organ player… — Benmont Tench Been 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 Band 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 Any Copy Share Image
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… — Benmont Tench About 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 Absolutely nothing 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 Little things Copy Share Image
Fortunately, as we all know, it's impossible for anybody but Jimmy Smith to really sound like Jimmy Smith. — Benmont Tench Impossible Copy Share Image
I've spent most of my life playing with Tom Petty, and he's a damn good songwriter. — Benmont Tench Damn Copy Share Image
Tom would bring in songs, Mike would engineer, and we recorded about 30 songs. — Benmont Tench About Copy Share Image
I got to play on a couple of records with the Rolling Stones, and that was really special to me. — Benmont Tench Couple Copy Share Image
If you call attention to yourself at the expense of the song, that's the cardinal sin. — Benmont Tench Attention Copy Share Image
I loved Mal Evans holding one note down on You Won't See Me from Rubber Soul. — Benmont Tench Holding on Copy Share Image
My parents always knew that I loved music. They just didn't think I'd try to make it a career. They thought I'd… — Benmont Tench Always Copy Share Image
I think that with Bob Dylan around, we're living in an era where we have Whitman presenting new work, we have Dickens… — Benmont Tench Around Copy Share Image
Jeff Lynne is an arranger, and I think it's probably much easier for him to go ahead and play a part himself… — Benmont Tench Easier Copy Share Image
I'm playing 10 feet from Mike Campbell every night. I look across the stage, there's Howie. Tom's in the middle and we're… — Benmont Tench Every night Copy Share Image
The people that call me to play on records call me because they think that I will suit their music. And the… — Benmont Tench Because 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 Crazy 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 About 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 Anything 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 Another Copy Share Image
I learned that the songs that mean the most to me are the songs that I write by myself. While there were… — Benmont Tench Away Copy Share Image
