There are two genres of music: there's good music and there's bad music. — 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 Image
My musical output has been consistently acoustic, but my taste has not. I love everything. As long as it's good, I'm in. — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
Having small children, you start thinking about how everything in your life revolves around doing the best you can for this little… — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
The great musics of the world are great for very similar structural reasons: good melody, good harmony, and a balance of feminine… — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
For years, my actual listening activity has been governed by what I perceived to be good for me as a musician, almost… — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
New York will make you feel small. I think that's good. At least, it's good for me. — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
We love music, and when it's good we flip. And we want to get to the core of why it's good. — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
I'm really not handy. I'm not good at things like changing a light bulb. If something is broken, the chances of me… — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
In my mind, there's this one 'super genre,' which is the only genre that matters, and that's the super genre of good… — 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 Image
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 Image
Like a sporting event, live events are the one thing you can't have anytime you want them. — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Everything in our lives is encouraging us to turn inward with all the technology that we have available to us. — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
