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> [Great music is the only genre that actually matters, and the members of that club are far more similar to each other than they are to any genre they might be commonly associated with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/great-music-is-the-only-genre-that-actually-matters-and-the-members/)

[Chris Thile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thile/)

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## More by Chris Thile

> [A cocktail and an oyster is an awfully good thing after a park, especially one close to water.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/a-cocktail-and-an-oyster-is-an-awfully-good-thing-after-a-park/)

[Chris Thile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thile/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/i-think-people-react-so-strongly-to-hearing-the-human-voice-you-can-t/)

[Chris Thile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thile/)

> [I'm always going to need to play in front of people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/i-m-always-going-to-need-to-play-in-front-of-people/)

[Chris Thile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thile/)

> [I love music so much. It's like the one thing I'm good at.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/i-love-music-so-much-it-s-like-the-one-thing-i-m-good-at/)

[Chris Thile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thile/)

> [Like a sporting event, live events are the one thing you can't have anytime you want them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/like-a-sporting-event-live-events-are-the-one-thing-you-can-t-have/)

[Chris Thile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thile/)

> [Musicians and non-musicians alike are priding themselves on the width and breadth of their musical interests, which I think is to be encouraged.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/musicians-and-non-musicians-alike-are-priding-themselves-on-the-width/)

[Chris Thile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thile/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/there-s-a-lot-of-steps-between-there-not-being-music-and-there-being/)

[Chris Thile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thile/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/the-fact-that-i-m-a-fifth-of-punch-brothers-that-s-lucky-for-me/)

[Chris Thile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thile/)

> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/it-seems-like-if-they-d-given-bob-dylan-a-pen-and-paper-in-the-cradle/)

[Chris Thile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thile/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/improvising-is-writing-too-there-was-no-music-and-now-there-s-music/)

[Chris Thile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thile/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/it-s-very-hard-to-make-grand-romantic-gestures-on-a-mandolin-and/)

[Chris Thile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thile/)

> [Everything in our lives is encouraging us to turn inward with all the technology that we have available to us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/everything-in-our-lives-is-encouraging-us-to-turn-inward-with-all-the/)

[Chris Thile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thile/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/improvisation-is-an-important-part-of-bluegrass-and-i-would-hasten-to/)

[Chris Thile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thile/)

> [It was kind of sort of the heavens opened up and I realized that Bach, at least, you know - out of all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/it-was-kind-of-sort-of-the-heavens-opened-up-and-i-realized-that-bach/)

[Chris Thile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thile/)

> [I think that we'll see the concept of 'genre' continue to die a slow and painful death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/i-think-that-we-ll-see-the-concept-of-genre-continue-to-die-a-slow/)

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