Benmont Tench Quotes

I always want to do something I haven't done before and get to work with other actors, writers, or directors that I want to work with.

I love being with artists because I'm always open to getting into something.

You don't know what inspires you. You like to think you know what inspires you, but in the final analysis I don't think you really do. It's great to look at a blank sheet of paper, you know, and walk up to an instrument and not know what's gonna happen. It's the most challenging thing I do.

Artwork is not like a commercial business; there is no such thing as a schedule for art. You can't hurry art.

I've never sat down and tried to write something for some occasion. You just write the tune and stay totally wide open to everything. It'll find the person or persons who are supposed to do it.

Going into a shoot not fully knowing what I want to do - that excitement, that thing that happens, is just so powerful and makes such great pictures.

I've said this before, but after 'That '70s Show' ended, I solely wanted do films that inspire me, and to work with people who make me better. I wanted to just surround myself with people who I think are better than I am, whether they're actors or directors or producers, so that I could learn from them.

Being creative is my idea of heaven. I'm just incredibly fortunate that I can do it in artwork. Watercolor is what I started out with. What I love about watercolor is that a lot of happy accidents occur.

Artists today think of everything they do as a work of art. It is important to forget about what you are doing - then a work of art may happen.

I don't paint every day. I'm not that motivated. I don't do anything the same every day.

I don't even think about maintaining a relevance. I just think about what do I want to paint, what am I gonna do now, what am I gonna do later.

What I'd like to do is try as many different ways of working as possible. That's what I'm looking to do - collaborate with as many different directors.

What a fine line there is between artistry and insanity. There's no formula for it, and I think a lot of people when they're around you - even those closest to you - when you're in that whirl of creativity and you're grabbing those things out of the air, there's no rational process.

Every time you get the chance to work with somebody you admire and would like to collaborate with... it feels like the best opportunity that's ever come your way, whether that's in fringe theatre or a really big-budget Hollywood movie.

I think good artists know when they're on a roll, and they recognize when lightning is striking. It's a very fortunate thing to have that inspiration and not to overanalyze it or mess with it; you just follow it if you love what you do.

I really think of the studio as being like craftsmanship time, and then playing is about releasing energy, and the two are really different.

I start each book when it's ready and never before.

That's what's great about the arts. Everything inspires you, and you get a chance to grow from watching other people and how they do their work.

When you make art, you get really invested in it. When art happens by accident and you were just along for the ride? It's way more fun.

When I got my first loft, I still didn't know what I was going to paint... There were long stretches when I just sat there and thought without interruption.

I draw the line at letting people into my songwriting cave. To me, that's where the alchemy happens and where the mystery is.

I don't write on demand - I wait for inspiration to come.

I don't know if it'd be any time soon but I'd really like to work on a collaboration with somebody - I always have ideas for stuff like that.

My name is out there right now. I'm creative and innovative. I should capitalize on it.

People ask what was the first piece of music I wrote. There was no first piece.