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Benmont Tench Quotes

American - Musician | September 7, 1953 -

If you call attention to yourself at the expense of the song, that's the cardinal sin.

Yourself Song Attention You Sin

You can go crazy and play solos in the right place, and that's great because it can intensify and bring an emotional lift. But the thing is you don't want to get in the way of the song.

Great Crazy Song You Place Play

I loved working with Bob Dylan.

Loved Working Bob Dylan Bob Dylan

I got to play on a couple of records with the Rolling Stones, and that was really special to me.

Me Play Special Got Rolling Stones

Working with Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson takes you up another level.

You Up Level Working Takes Another

Sometimes you work with somebody you've never heard of because you just feel like working.

Work Feel You Sometimes Never Just

I've always written songs since I was a kid - always.

Kid Always Songs Since Written

In Mudcrutch we all wrote songs, and when it got to the focus on Tom and the Heartbreakers, I kept writing songs, but it wasn't anything that was up the Heartbreakers tree, I didn't think - and I don't think they did, either. So I kept writing songs for the hell of it, but I didn't want to make a record just for the sake of making a record.

Tree Focus Writing Think Hell Want

I learned that the songs that mean the most to me are the songs that I write by myself. While there were people I wrote really well with, particularly Gary Nicholson and Delbert McClinton, and I really enjoyed the experience, I came away from it feeling like I need to write by myself.

Myself Experience People Me Feeling

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 didn't have any faith in my voice.

Faith Writing Song Voice You Know

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 Heartbreakers. And I've been the right piano and organ player for a lot of sessions that I've been called on.

Think Right Piano Been Player Organ

I learned to play piano in a rock n' roll context or band context from country records - you know, Floyd Cramer - and from the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and Stax. And none of those are keyboard records.

You Country Play Know Rock Band

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