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title: "2 String Band Quotes By Chris Thile"
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> [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 of one of the great string bands. There's just not another string band I would rather…](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/)

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> [I love the string band. I love the sound of it, the possibilities of it, I love the physical sensation of creating and performing in it. It's my voice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/i-love-the-string-band-i-love-the-sound-of-it-the-possibilities-of-it/)

[Chris Thile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-thile/)

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## 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/)

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