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I think I drift toward sad love songs.
Benmont Tench
Working with Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson takes you up another level.
Benmont Tench
If you call attention to yourself at the expense of the song, that's the cardinal sin.
Benmont Tench
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
Sometimes you work with somebody you've never heard of because you just feel like working.
Benmont Tench
I try to find little things that you can do to move the song along and things that serve the song.
Benmont Tench
I loved working with Bob Dylan.
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I got to play on a couple of records with the Rolling Stones, and that was really special to me.
Benmont Tench
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
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
Bob Dylan's not a hype and a haircut: he's the real thing.
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
Fortunately, as we all know, it's impossible for anybody but Jimmy Smith to really sound like Jimmy Smith.
Benmont Tench
I think we've always been better live.
Benmont Tench
