Musicians and non-musicians alike are priding themselves on the width and breadth of their musical interests, which I think is to be… — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
I've always taken a lot of joy in my work, but it's also been very results-oriented. It's kind of like, making the… — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
The constructive criticism that I take very seriously is from people I know and respect, and they don't have to be musicians.… — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
Growing up in a bluegrass or acoustic-oriented world, the musicians become so focused on performance, as far as playing. We tend to… — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
The goal of serious musicians is to play outside of yourself. That's most likely with people who suggest things that are outside… — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
I'm a musician, and I feel like musicians owe it to themselves and owe it to music to concern themselves with as… — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
Hats off to musicians who just want a pure escape. I have a lot of fondness for pure escapism. I don't feel… — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
A cocktail and an oyster is an awfully good thing after a park, especially one close to water. — Chris Thile Copy Share
I think people react so strongly to hearing the human voice, you can't give them too much of it or else they want it… — Chris Thile Copy Share
Like a sporting event, live events are the one thing you can't have anytime you want them. — Chris Thile Copy Share
Musicians and non-musicians alike are priding themselves on the width and breadth of their musical interests, which I think is to be encouraged. — Chris Thile Copy Share
There's a lot of steps between there not being music and there being music. Composition is one part of that, but if no one… — Chris Thile Copy Share
The fact that I'm a fifth of Punch Brothers... that's lucky for me because I feel like I get to operate in the context… — Chris Thile Copy Share
It seems like if they'd given Bob Dylan a pen and paper in the cradle that he would've come up with a great song.… — Chris Thile Copy Share
Improvising is writing, too - there was no music and now there's music. So that's composition. And any time you take any sort of… — Chris Thile Copy Share
It's very hard to make grand, romantic gestures on a mandolin, and there are times, particularly when playing Bach, that you long for just… — Chris Thile Copy Share
Everything in our lives is encouraging us to turn inward with all the technology that we have available to us. — Chris Thile Copy Share
Improvisation is an important part of bluegrass, and I would hasten to add that classical music wasn't always such an improvisational void. Back in… — Chris Thile Copy Share
It was kind of sort of the heavens opened up and I realized that Bach, at least, you know - out of all the… — Chris Thile Copy Share
I think that we'll see the concept of 'genre' continue to die a slow and painful death. — Chris Thile Copy Share
