Benjamin Montmorency "Benmont" Tench III (born September 7, 1953) is an American keyboardist best known as a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Read full biography of Benmont Tench →
I learned that the songs that mean the most to me are the songs that I write by myself. While there were people I wrote really well with... →
I learned to play piano in a rock n' roll context or band context from country records - you know, Floyd Cramer - and from the Beatles and the... →
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... →
I'm not an overly skilled piano player or organ player at all, but I think I'm the right piano and organ player for the Heartbreakers. And... →
In Mudcrutch we all wrote songs, and when it got to the focus on Tom and the Heartbreakers, I kept writing songs, but it wasn't anything that was... →
Listen to the Beatles' 'Things We Said Today.' Ringo Starr does not play a fill in the entire song. It doesn't need it. 'A Day In... →
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... →
The people that call me to play on records call me because they think that I will suit their music. And the people whose music I suit are by and... →
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... →
Whoever hired me might've just heard 'Refugee.' Well, I'm not the secret to 'Refugee.' The secret to 'Refugee' is the... →
Benjamin Montmorency "Benmont" Tench III (born September 7, 1953) is an American keyboardist best known as a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.