Benmont Tench Quotes

None of us wanted to be the bass player. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played at the back.

I'm not really a pianist.

I have absolutely no musical talent of my own!

I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer.

Composition is definitely what I'm born to do, and it came last.

I'm a real band guy, you know? I'm really good at certain things, and the band stuff is one of them.

I never thought of myself as being a good songwriter. There are a ton of other people that are good songwriters, but I don't think I'm in the club. What I do well is perform, sometimes sing pretty good, and accompany myself well and arrange fairly well.

I was always good at music.

I think - actually, I know - that I am, without a doubt, the world's worst drummer.

When you're working with music that is invariably better than you are, it's difficult to become swell-headed.

I really wanted to be a musician, but it turned out I had no sense of time.

I've been writing and composing songs since I was 5 years old.

Well I look for an accompanist that does his work well, this to begin.

It didn't even occur to me that I'm the last person in the world who should play salsa or Brazilian music.

I'm not just a singer-songwriter doing songs in the key of me.

I'm not everybody's cup of tea. But sometimes criticism can be hurtful. Be respectful. I'm a good piano player, I can sing well, I write good songs. If you don't like it, fair enough. But give me a break.

I play guitar... I like to say that I'm pretty good, but it takes someone else to tell you that you're really good.

I honestly don't class myself as a songwriter. I've got 'musician' written on my passport. That's even funnier.

I started playing in the band and learned to play piano by ear.

I think everybody thinks they're an amazing singer, but I'm one of those guys who realizes where his limitations are, and it's definitely with singing and dancing.

The bass is just the crayon that I picked out of the box. I'd probably be writing similar stuff if I played guitar or trumpet. The pictures I want to draw I do with this crayon I chose, which is the bass.

I'm an intuitive musician. I have no real technical skills. I can only play six chords on the guitar.

I'd rather make music if I had the talent.

The conductor's gift does not always go hand in hand with that of composition; indeed, the union is found much more seldom than is popularly believed.

The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.