There are two genres of music: there's good music and there's bad music. — 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… — 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
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 one, the whole concept of 'Live From Here' - writing a song every week - was like composition bootcamp. — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
If you want to be happy, you listen to the music; if you want to be sad, you listen to the words. — 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 always excited about music, but having spent so much time in its pursuit - well, my musical life is complicated. — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
Presenting the American songbook as a living, breathing entity that's expanding all the time is very important. — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
Hats off to musicians who just want a pure escape. I have a lot of fondness for pure escapism. I don't feel… — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
For me, music always leads. Lyrics are only about how they sing. It is wonderful if they read well, too. In the… — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
My grandmother got me recordings of the 'Goldberg Variations,' in addition to the 'Brandenburg Concertos,' the Mozart string quartets and Beethoven's 'Seventh… — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
The real question is, do you root for the fox in that song? Or are you horrified that the goose and the… — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
I was two years old when I saw the mandolin for the first time, and I just loved it. I just loved… — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
Great music is the only genre that actually matters, and the members of that club are far more similar to each other… — 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… — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
The world's music is at our fingertips, so if we like music, we kind of owe it to ourselves to check in… — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
The minute you make a record because you think somebody's going to play it on the radio is the minute you ought… — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
My thesis statement would be—Bach didn't write Baroque music. He wrote great 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
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
