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Type: Musician Quotes Category: American Musician Quotes Date of Birth: September 7, 1953 Nationality: American Find on Amazon: Benmont Tench Related Authors: Loretta Lynn Lenny Kravitz Elvis Presley Paul Simon Billy Joel Bob Dylan Little Richard Don Was |
Besides, I'm fairly incompetent. I can't play that fast.
Benmont Tench Fortunately, as we all know, it's impossible for anybody but Jimmy Smith to really sound like Jimmy Smith. Benmont Tench 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 I got to play on a couple of records with the Rolling Stones, and that was really special to me. Benmont Tench I loved Mal Evans holding one note down on You Won't See Me from Rubber Soul. Benmont Tench I loved working with Bob Dylan. Benmont Tench I never liked the showboat guys who called attention to themselves, who turned the Leslie on and waved their hands up in the air. Benmont Tench I think we've always been better live. 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'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 If you call attention to yourself at the expense of the song, that's the cardinal sin. 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 Sometimes you work with somebody you've never heard of because you just feel like working. Benmont Tench Tom would bring in songs, Mike would engineer, and we recorded about 30 songs. 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. Benmont Tench We've had producers who've all shared at least one thing. They've all recognized that Tom and Mike write great songs and that's what it's about. Benmont Tench With U2, I got to see how another band worked, and you get to try to listen like they listen because you want to fit into their songs. Benmont Tench Working with Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson takes you up another level. 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 |
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