Benmont Tench Quotes
The idea that I could write songs that people wanted to hear came from other people who said they liked what I did.
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If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women.
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For 'Regulate,' I was at home, and I came up with it. I was listening to Michael McDonald's 'I Keep Forgettin'.' It was a record that I always loved, from being a kid and my parents playing it when they had their company of friends over. It was a record that just stuck in my head, and it just felt good.
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I always do my interviews face to face.
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In many films, as many different characters, I've killed many different people.
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Growing up, you tended to just go through school to get out, then figure out what you want to do in this big ball of mud.
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I grew up with a pet iguana named Willy. We had a very contentious relationship. It turns out that iguanas are not meant to live in suburban homes.
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I was always more interested in story songs, things with a point of view... and things that informed me.
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If you just keep your head down, work, and put it on the bottom line, sooner or later that takes care of everything else.
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To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill.
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When I was a teenager, reading for me was as normal, as unremarkable as eating or breathing. Reading gave flight to my imagination and strengthened my understanding of the world, the society I lived in, and myself. More importantly, reading was fun, a way to live more than one life as I immersed myself in each good book I read.
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God is the King. In him exists all legal authority.
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The Internet offers an interesting combination of advertising and community by participating in the community you can become an advertisement for yourself.
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I found a red Oscar de la Renta raincoat, and it's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.
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I loved Allan Dwan. He was a tough old guy.
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When the impulses which stir us to profound emotion are integrated with the medium of expression, every interview of the soul may become art. This is contingent upon mastery of the medium.
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Political hypocrisy and racism make me hot under the collar.
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Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.
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I want to be an arena act. There's so many steps to take to get there, and it's so easy to get lost and cocky. I just take small steps each day.
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There are moments when I am really not happy with how I look, or I think it would be an easy way out to try and do the conventionally attractive thing. But part of it is that I don't have the energy to put on, like, makeup. If people want to do that, that's fine. But I've learned that it's not for me.
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Seeing other people perform inspires me. I couldn't be a good performer if just relied on my own talents. Seeing what other brave choices other actors are making gives me the strength to be bold in auditions and to approach roles in different kind of ways.
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I think videos are really hard. I'm yet to be happy with a video. It's very weird watching yourself on camera, which I guess I'm going to have to get used to. I love the thought of being in them, but it's one thing to say that and another to actually do it.
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I used to own a stuffed piranha, but I haven't seen it in years. I don't even know what happened to it. Maybe my wife didn't want it to make the move from the last house to this one.
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I haven't been a gay activist. I haven't protested for gay rights or none of that, but one thing I can say is that a lot of the designers I wear are gay and I like their clothes.
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The idea that I could write songs that people wanted to hear came from other people who said they liked what I did.
