Top 36 Quotes by Benmont Tench

About Benmont Tench

These are some quotes by American author Benmont Tench Musician, who was born on September 7, 1953.

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 no matter what it takes.

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 no matter what it takes.

Benmont Tench

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 Day In the Life' has gorgeous fills, but there, the song needs it. When I play on any record, I'm striving to get where Ringo is. You play what doesn't take you out of the song.

Benmont Tench

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

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

Benmont Tench

We started with Denny Cordell, and he was a great record producer. He knew exactly how to take a band that knew absolutely nothing, and guide you without trying to tell you what to do.

We started with Denny Cordell, and he was a great record producer. He knew exactly how to take a band that knew absolutely nothing, and guide you without trying to tell you what to do.

Benmont Tench

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 playing all this stuff I love. It's great.

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 playing all this stuff I love. It's great.

Benmont Tench

What a good session musician does is listen to the song, to the artist, and to the other players. That way you can help bring out the song and help the artist express what they want to express. It's never about you stepping out and showing you can play something fancy.

Benmont Tench

The people that call me to play on records call me because they think that I will suit their music. And the people whose music I suit are by and large people that I'm a fan of.

The people that call me to play on records call me because they think that I will suit their music. And the people whose music I suit are by and large people that I'm a fan of.

Benmont Tench

I'm not the best singer, but I like the way I sing my songs.

I'm not the best singer, but I like the way I sing my songs.

Benmont Tench

Bob Dylan's not a hype and a haircut: he's the real thing.

Bob Dylan's not a hype and a haircut: he's the real thing.

Benmont Tench

There was a period when I wrote in Nashville for Maverick and then Warner/Chappell, and it was interesting.

There was a period when I wrote in Nashville for Maverick and then Warner/Chappell, and it was interesting.

Benmont Tench

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