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. Benmont Tench More Quotes by Benmont Tench More Quotes From Benmont Tench I loved Mal Evans holding one note down on You Won't See Me from Rubber Soul. Benmont Tench rubberholding-onsoul Sometimes you work with somebody you've never heard of because you just feel like working. Benmont Tench heardfeelssometimes I think I drift toward sad love songs. Benmont Tench sad-lovesongthinking I got to play on a couple of records with the Rolling Stones, and that was really special to me. Benmont Tench couplespecialplay 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. Benmont Tench emotionalcrazysong Working with Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson takes you up another level. Benmont Tench nelsonlevels 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 recordsbandtrying 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 feetlovenight Jeff Lynne is an arranger, and I think it's probably much easier for him to go ahead and play a part himself than to try to show somebody else what he wants. But it's hard for me to say; I barely know Jeff. Benmont Tench playtryingthinking Fortunately, as we all know, it's impossible for anybody but Jimmy Smith to really sound like Jimmy Smith. Benmont Tench soundknowsimpossible I try to find little things that you can do to move the song along and things that serve the song. Benmont Tench songtryingmoving I think we've always been better live. Benmont Tench thinking I loved working with Bob Dylan. Benmont Tench dylanbob If you call attention to yourself at the expense of the song, that's the cardinal sin. Benmont Tench sinsongattention Bob Dylan's not a hype and a haircut: he's the real thing. Benmont Tench haircuthehypereal I quit college and neglected to tell my dad. Benmont Tench quittelldadcollege I think that with Bob Dylan around, we're living in an era where we have Whitman presenting new work, we have Dickens presenting new work, we have Yeats and Shakespeare presenting new work. It's that level. Benmont Tench newthinklivingwork 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 dayyoutodaylife Besides, I'm fairly incompetent. I can't play that fast. Benmont Tench besidesfastincompetentplay 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 downknowmatterworld
