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 be a painter or an art teacher or something like that. Benmont Tench Read Quote
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 Read Quote
There was a period when I wrote in Nashville for Maverick and then Warner/Chappell, and it was interesting. Benmont Tench Read Quote
I did enjoy Nashville a lot of the time, because I made really good friends who were really good songwriters, and they would be a joy to hang out with. Benmont Tench Read Quote
The idea that I could write songs that people wanted to hear came from other people who said they liked what I did. Benmont Tench Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I’ve spent most of my life playing with Tom Petty, and he’s a damn good songwriter. Benmont Tench Read Quote
Sometimes you work with somebody you’ve never heard of because you just feel like working. Benmont Tench Read Quote
