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Benmont Tench on life with Tom Petty

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

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The Magic of Practice

I think it's chicken and egg. I know that if I'm playing a solo, if I sing along with it, it's going to be infinitely better. It's kind of a form of prayer. And sometimes it's just down to, man, this reminds me of that Jerry Lee Lewis song. I'm going to play what Jerry played. Yeah. Well, it's instinctive, but it doesn't mean it's not learned over the course of I've been playing since he was probably eight and I'm 67. So with the course of whatever that is, 59 years or whatever,. Every time I listen to a record, every time I play the piano, everytime I

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