--- title: "10 Great Quotes By Chris Thile" description: "10 Great quotes by Chris Thile. Plus more from Chris Thile and more Great sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14a/chris-thile-4170_art_the-more-you-look-at-great-art-of-any-ki_3142310.png" --- > [The more you look at great art of any kind, you'll see that there's this thread running through all of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/the-more-you-look-at-great-art-of-any-kind-you-ll-see-that-there-s/) [Chris Thile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thile/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14a/chris-thile-4170_art_the-more-you-look-at-great-art-of-any-ki_3142310.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) > [My favorite bar in New York City is called Milk and Honey, a great cocktail bar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/my-favorite-bar-in-new-york-city-is-called-milk-and-honey-a-great/) [Chris Thile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thile/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7c/chris-thile-4170_city_my-favorite-bar-in-new-york-city-is-call_2762569.png) > [It seems like if they'd given Bob Dylan a pen and paper in the cradle that he would've come up with a…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62c/chris-thile-4170_bob-dylan_it-seems-like-if-they-d-given-bob-dylan_332660.png) > [I consider it a great honor to be part of the dissemination of hearable art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/i-consider-it-a-great-honor-to-be-part-of-the-dissemination-of/) [Chris Thile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thile/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/727/chris-thile-4170_art_i-consider-it-a-great-honor-to-be-part-o_3226410.png) > [I don't feel that things need make their appeal exclusively to one demographic. I don't feel that there is truly great art…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/i-don-t-feel-that-things-need-make-their-appeal-exclusively-to-one/) [Chris Thile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thile/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef5/chris-thile-4170_age_i-don-t-feel-that-things-need-make-their_3061705.png) > [I play the mandolin, which people don't often expect great things from. But it has it's charms, and it's my voice. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/i-play-the-mandolin-which-people-don-t-often-expect-great-things-from/) [Chris Thile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thile/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab6/chris-thile-4170_choice_i-play-the-mandolin-which-people-don-t-o_1590421.png) > [The great thing about jamming is that you come in with zero preconceptions. Someone might want to play something that suggests something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/the-great-thing-about-jamming-is-that-you-come-in-with-zero/) [Chris Thile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thile/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c6/chris-thile-4170_adventure_the-great-thing-about-jamming-is-that-yo_701266.png) > [Great music is the only genre that actually matters, and the members of that club are far more similar to each other…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ded/chris-thile-4170_genre_great-music-is-the-only-genre-that-actua_2921962.png) > [The fact that I'm a fifth of Punch Brothers... that's lucky for me because I feel like I get to operate in…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdc/chris-thile-4170_band_the-fact-that-i-m-a-fifth-of-punch-broth_313475.png) ## Other authors on Great ## 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/great/chris-thile/#itemlist", "name": "10 Great Quotes By Chris Thile", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The more you look at great art of any kind, you'll see that there's this thread running through all of it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chris Thile" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/the-more-you-look-at-great-art-of-any-kind-you-ll-see-that-there-s/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14a/chris-thile-4170_art_the-more-you-look-at-great-art-of-any-ki_3142310.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14a/chris-thile-4170_art_the-more-you-look-at-great-art-of-any-ki_3142310.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14a/chris-thile-4170_art_the-more-you-look-at-great-art-of-any-ki_3142310.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The more you look at great art of any kind, you'll see that there's this thread running through all of it.” — Chris Thile", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The great musics of the world are great for very similar structural reasons: good melody, good harmony, and a balance of feminine and masculine energy.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chris Thile" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/the-great-musics-of-the-world-are-great-for-very-similar-structural/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4c/chris-thile-4170_balance_the-great-musics-of-the-world-are-great_861910.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4c/chris-thile-4170_balance_the-great-musics-of-the-world-are-great_861910.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4c/chris-thile-4170_balance_the-great-musics-of-the-world-are-great_861910.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The great musics of the world are great for very similar structural reasons: good melody, good harmony, and…” — Chris Thile", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My favorite bar in New York City is called Milk and Honey, a great cocktail bar.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chris Thile" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/my-favorite-bar-in-new-york-city-is-called-milk-and-honey-a-great/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7c/chris-thile-4170_city_my-favorite-bar-in-new-york-city-is-call_2762569.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7c/chris-thile-4170_city_my-favorite-bar-in-new-york-city-is-call_2762569.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7c/chris-thile-4170_city_my-favorite-bar-in-new-york-city-is-call_2762569.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My favorite bar in New York City is called Milk and Honey, a great cocktail bar.” — Chris Thile", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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. 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There's just not another string band I would rather be in, and i'm just compelled to make music for and with string bands. 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