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 Read Quote
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. Benmont Tench Read Quote
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. Benmont Tench Read Quote
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. Benmont Tench Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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. Benmont Tench Read Quote
