Benmont Tench Quotes

We still play Foreigner songs. I play the songs that I was involved in writing.

I just play the guitar and write songs.

For me, this band and the music that I write and this touring thing that I do and playing in front of people, singing, and making a lot of noise on guitar - all that was more important than a lot of other things.

I sing a bit and play guitar.

I think my favorite thing is songwriting.

My guitar was a loyal person to me.

I love to sing. I'm learning guitar right now.

I got into the guitar at a young age, and it's a big part of what I like to do during my down time.

I love being in a band.

I found it was really impossible for me to write songs when I couldn't sing.

I can perform easily; I don't mind getting up in front of people at all. I've always sung and felt confident about that, and guitar playing isn't a stretch, but songwriting is. We all have our challenges in what we do, and that's mine.

The guitar is the ultimate vehicle for expression and composition for me. It's a part of my DNA!

Well, I think at first, songs were sort of the vehicle which allowed me to be on the stage and get to hold a guitar and get to sing.

I started playing guitar when I was nine and just fell in love with that - I've been playing nonstop ever since.

I've told older friends to pick up the guitar because it's a great way to express yourself. It's not all about making money: it's about creating art and working with other people. It's a journey, and it's a really fun thing to do.

Elton John and Billy Joel, I find them both to be huge inspirations, those guys are so talented.

I love to sing - whenever I am not on set, I am usually in my room jamming out with my guitar.

I do write. I actually do want to start my music as well. My sister and I are starting a band. I've been playing a guitar for nine years, and she plays piano, and we sing together. We're going to start up something soon. I mostly am writing songs right now actually, but I would love to write a script someday.

I tend to write on an acoustic guitar or the piano. I have kind of a rule: if I can't sit down and play this and get the song over, I don't take it to the band, because most any good song, you can sit down and deliver it with a piano or a guitar.

I'm inspired by the sheer ingenuity and intelligence possessed by my fellow band mates.

It's a privilege to serve the poor, to be servants of noble Africans, but I better belong in the rehearsal room or in the studio with my band. That's where I want to be and I still wake up in the morning with melodies in my head.

I suppose my father was more influential in my starting to play the guitar.

I think the world is ready for some rock 'n' roll. Some real time guys that play their own instruments, write their own songs, and sing the music and have a good time doing it.

It doesn't take me long to write songs.

My mother bought a piano, put it in the front room, and I just started writing my songs.