--- title: "11 Good Quotes By Chris Thile" description: "11 Good quotes by Chris Thile. Plus more from Chris Thile and more Good sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d0/chris-thile-4170_flip_we-love-music-and-when-it-s-good-we-flip_2335449.png" --- > [We love music, and when it's good we flip. And we want to get to the core of why it's good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/we-love-music-and-when-it-s-good-we-flip-and-we-want-to-get-to-the/) [Chris Thile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thile/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d0/chris-thile-4170_flip_we-love-music-and-when-it-s-good-we-flip_2335449.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/513/chris-thile-4170_good_i-love-music-so-much-it-s-like-the-one-t_142006.png) > [New York will make you feel small. I think that's good. At least, it's good for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/new-york-will-make-you-feel-small-i-think-that-s-good-at-least-it-s/) [Chris Thile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thile/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bc/chris-thile-4170_feel_new-york-will-make-you-feel-small-i-thin_2986532.png) > [There are two genres of music: there's good music and there's bad music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/there-are-two-genres-of-music-there-s-good-music-and-there-s-bad-music/) [Chris Thile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thile/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad8/chris-thile-4170_bad_there-are-two-genres-of-music-there-s-go_908194.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fa/chris-thile-4170_close_a-cocktail-and-an-oyster-is-an-awfully-g_111278.png) > [In my mind, there's this one 'super genre,' which is the only genre that matters, and that's the super genre of good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/in-my-mind-there-s-this-one-super-genre-which-is-the-only-genre-that/) [Chris Thile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thile/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0f/chris-thile-4170_genre_in-my-mind-there-s-this-one-super-genre_2280968.png) > [My musical output has been consistently acoustic, but my taste has not. I love everything. As long as it's good, I'm in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/my-musical-output-has-been-consistently-acoustic-but-my-taste-has-not/) [Chris Thile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thile/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da4/chris-thile-4170_acoustic_my-musical-output-has-been-consistently_1827602.png) > [The great musics of the world are great for very similar structural reasons: good melody, good harmony, and a balance of feminine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/the-great-musics-of-the-world-are-great-for-very-similar-structural/) [Chris Thile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thile/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4c/chris-thile-4170_balance_the-great-musics-of-the-world-are-great_861910.png) > [I'm really not handy. I'm not good at things like changing a light bulb. If something is broken, the chances of me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/i-m-really-not-handy-i-m-not-good-at-things-like-changing-a-light/) [Chris Thile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thile/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21d/chris-thile-4170_broken_i-m-really-not-handy-i-m-not-good-at-thi_3214312.png) > [Having small children, you start thinking about how everything in your life revolves around doing the best you can for this little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/having-small-children-you-start-thinking-about-how-everything-in-your/) [Chris Thile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thile/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64a/chris-thile-4170_best_having-small-children-you-start-thinking_1455754.png) > [For years, my actual listening activity has been governed by what I perceived to be good for me as a musician, almost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/for-years-my-actual-listening-activity-has-been-governed-by-what-i/) [Chris Thile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thile/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2e/chris-thile-4170_communication_for-years-my-actual-listening-activity-h_738917.jpg) ## Other authors on Good ## 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/) [Chris Thile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thile/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good/chris-thile/#itemlist", "name": "11 Good Quotes By Chris Thile", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We love music, and when it's good we flip. 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