--- title: "10 I think Quotes By Chris Thile" description: "10 I think quotes by Chris Thile. Plus more from Chris Thile and more I think sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/047/chris-thile-4170_alike_musicians-and-non-musicians-alike-are-pr_185260.png" --- > [Musicians and non-musicians alike are priding themselves on the width and breadth of their musical interests, which I think is to be…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/047/chris-thile-4170_alike_musicians-and-non-musicians-alike-are-pr_185260.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e0/chris-thile-4170_continue_i-think-that-we-ll-see-the-concept-of-ge_423662.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) > [No one wants to hear me doing my best Garrison Keillor... I think that he's inimitable; he's one in a billion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/no-one-wants-to-hear-me-doing-my-best-garrison-keillor-i-think-that/) [Chris Thile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thile/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/876/chris-thile-4170_best_no-one-wants-to-hear-me-doing-my-best-ga_1662748.png) > [I certainly love the bluegrass ensemble, I think it's a powerful tool, but I don't think it's more than a tool.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/i-certainly-love-the-bluegrass-ensemble-i-think-it-s-a-powerful-tool/) [Chris Thile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thile/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/524/chris-thile-4170_bluegrass_i-certainly-love-the-bluegrass-ensemble_987220.png) > [Generally speaking, I think one has to take reviews with a grain of salt, unless you know who the person is and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/generally-speaking-i-think-one-has-to-take-reviews-with-a-grain-of/) [Chris Thile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thile/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a1/chris-thile-4170_generally_generally-speaking-i-think-one-has-to-ta_1375822.png) > [I think, until I was 16, classical music had just seemed like a little bit of a rhythmic wasteland for me. Coming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/i-think-until-i-was-16-classical-music-had-just-seemed-like-a-little/) [Chris Thile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thile/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/272/chris-thile-4170_bluegrass_i-think-until-i-was-16-classical-music-h_1519545.jpg) > [Hats off to musicians who just want a pure escape. I have a lot of fondness for pure escapism. I don't feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/hats-off-to-musicians-who-just-want-a-pure-escape-i-have-a-lot-of/) [Chris Thile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thile/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/608/chris-thile-4170_escape_hats-off-to-musicians-who-just-want-a-pu_2624751.png) > [There's something about a variety show, I think, that disarms us as consumers of something. We're laughing, and there's this sense of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/there-s-something-about-a-variety-show-i-think-that-disarms-us-as/) [Chris Thile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thile/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/078/chris-thile-4170_anything_there-s-something-about-a-variety-show-i_2975808.png) > [I think what people call genre is just a question of orchestration. So, for instance, with Punch Brothers, you look at that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/i-think-what-people-call-genre-is-just-a-question-of-orchestration-so/) [Chris Thile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thile/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/384/chris-thile-4170_band_i-think-what-people-call-genre-is-just-a_1921949.png) ## Other authors on I think ## 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/i-think/chris-thile/#itemlist", "name": "10 I think Quotes By Chris Thile", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Musicians and non-musicians alike are priding themselves on the width and breadth of their musical interests, which I think is to be encouraged.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chris Thile" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/musicians-and-non-musicians-alike-are-priding-themselves-on-the-width/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/047/chris-thile-4170_alike_musicians-and-non-musicians-alike-are-pr_185260.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/047/chris-thile-4170_alike_musicians-and-non-musicians-alike-are-pr_185260.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/047/chris-thile-4170_alike_musicians-and-non-musicians-alike-are-pr_185260.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Musicians and non-musicians alike are priding themselves on the width and breadth of their musical…” — Chris Thile", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think that we'll see the concept of 'genre' continue to die a slow and painful death.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chris Thile" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/i-think-that-we-ll-see-the-concept-of-genre-continue-to-die-a-slow/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e0/chris-thile-4170_continue_i-think-that-we-ll-see-the-concept-of-ge_423662.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e0/chris-thile-4170_continue_i-think-that-we-ll-see-the-concept-of-ge_423662.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e0/chris-thile-4170_continue_i-think-that-we-ll-see-the-concept-of-ge_423662.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think that we'll see the concept of 'genre' continue to die a slow and painful death.” — Chris Thile", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "New York will make you feel small. 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