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# Chris Thile

(1981)   Musician   United States

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Chris Thile is a musician from the United States, best known for *Thanks for listening*.

## Quick Facts About Chris Thile

Born February 20, 1981

Nationality United States

Profession Musician

Notable works Thanks for listening

Spouse Claire Coffee

## About Chris Thile

Christopher Scott Thile is an American singer-songwriter, musician, composer, and radio personality, best known for his work in the progressive acoustic trio Nickel Creek and the acoustic folk and progressive bluegrass quintet Punch Brothers. He is a 2012 MacArthur Fellow. From 2016 to its cancellation in 2020, he hosted the radio variety show Live from Here.

## Awards & Honors

MacArthur Fellows Program Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

##  Quotes by Chris Thile · Page 2

> [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/)

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[Alike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alike/)

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> [When they invented the mandolin, it was as if they were trying to come up with the least efficient means of extracting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/when-they-invented-the-mandolin-it-was-as-if-they-were-trying-to-come/)

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[Come](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/come/)

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> [I would love to be one of those fellows who combine formal and folk music approaches.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/i-would-love-to-be-one-of-those-fellows-who-combine-formal-and-folk/)

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[Folk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/folk/)

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> [Everyone talks about how depressing Radiohead are. I don't hear it. They've created their own universe and it is dimly lit, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/everyone-talks-about-how-depressing-radiohead-are-i-don-t-hear-it/)

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[Dark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dark/)

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> [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/)

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[Broken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/broken/)

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> [Presenting the American songbook as a living, breathing entity that's expanding all the time is very important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/presenting-the-american-songbook-as-a-living-breathing-entity-that-s/)

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[American](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american/)

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> [Music should never be a dictatorship. It should be a symbiotic relationship between the musician and the audience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/music-should-never-be-a-dictatorship-it-should-be-a-symbiotic/)

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[Dictatorship](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dictatorship/)

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> [I didn't have stage parents and sometimes I've envied people who did because I felt like, I guess, I'm compulsively worried I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/i-didn-t-have-stage-parents-and-sometimes-i-ve-envied-people-who-did/)

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[Enough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enough/)

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> [Bill Monroe is not singing about life in America. He's singing about life in Kentucky and Tennessee. And yet it's had this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/bill-monroe-is-not-singing-about-life-in-america-he-s-singing-about/)

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[Impact](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/impact/)

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> [I went through a political shift when I was nineteen or twenty. I felt a certain way, and after the shift, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/i-went-through-a-political-shift-when-i-was-nineteen-or-twenty-i-felt/)

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[Faith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/faith/)

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> [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/)

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[Bluegrass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bluegrass/)

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> [There's a lot of steps between there not being music and there being music. Composition is one part of that, but if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/there-s-a-lot-of-steps-between-there-not-being-music-and-there-being/)

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[Being](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/being/)

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> [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/)

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[Anything](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anything/)

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> [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/)

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[Communication](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/communication/)

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> [The constructive criticism that I take very seriously is from people I know and respect, and they don't have to be musicians.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/the-constructive-criticism-that-i-take-very-seriously-is-from-people/)

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[Constructive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/constructive/)

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> [Improvising is writing, too - there was no music and now there's music. So that's composition. And any time you take any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/improvising-is-writing-too-there-was-no-music-and-now-there-s-music/)

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[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

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> [I'm always excited about music, but having spent so much time in its pursuit - well, my musical life is complicated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/i-m-always-excited-about-music-but-having-spent-so-much-time-in-its/)

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[Always](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/always/)

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> [You go to the Grammys and you say, 'I don't care if I win or not,' and of course you care.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/you-go-to-the-grammys-and-you-say-i-don-t-care-if-i-win-or-not-and-of/)

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[Care](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/care/)

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> [The power of live music is vast. Live music is a wonderful way to spend some time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/the-power-of-live-music-is-vast-live-music-is-a-wonderful-way-to/)

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[Live](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/live/)

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> [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/)

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[Flip](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flip/)

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> [I love putting on shows. I absolutely adore it - that's why I've been doing it now for so long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/i-love-putting-on-shows-i-absolutely-adore-it-that-s-why-i-ve-been/)

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[I love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/i-love/)

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> [If you want to be happy, you listen to the music; if you want to be sad, you listen to the words.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/if-you-want-to-be-happy-you-listen-to-the-music-if-you-want-to-be-sad/)

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[Ifs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/)

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> [For one, the whole concept of 'Live From Here' - writing a song every week - was like composition bootcamp.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/for-one-the-whole-concept-of-live-from-here-writing-a-song-every-week/)

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[Composition](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/composition/)

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> [What makes one type of music classical and one bluegrass and one folk - these things aren't what's important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/what-makes-one-type-of-music-classical-and-one-bluegrass-and-one-folk/)

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[Bluegrass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bluegrass/)

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> [It's important to allow people to affect you. If we kept that at the forefront of our minds, maybe we wouldn't be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/it-s-important-to-allow-people-to-affect-you-if-we-kept-that-at-the/)

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[Allow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/allow/)

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> [I really love how the andante from the "A minor Sonata" sounds on the mandolin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/i-really-love-how-the-andante-from-the-a-minor-sonata-sounds-on-the/)

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[Minors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/minors/)

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> [I just want the opportunity to transcend my personal boundaries and the only way you can do that is by latching on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/i-just-want-the-opportunity-to-transcend-my-personal-boundaries-and/)

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[Only](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/only/)

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> [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/)

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[Close](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/close/)

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> [The world's music is at our fingertips, so if we like music, we kind of owe it to ourselves to check in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/the-world-s-music-is-at-our-fingertips-so-if-we-like-music-we-kind-of/)

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[Kind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kind/)

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> [To be able to rub shoulders with kids who have spent their entire lives studying the classics... that's something I need to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/to-be-able-to-rub-shoulders-with-kids-who-have-spent-their-entire/)

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[Classics](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/classics/)

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> [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/)

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[Bluegrass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bluegrass/)

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> [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/)

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[Best](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/best/)

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> [I think people react so strongly to hearing the human voice, you can't give them too much of it or else they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/i-think-people-react-so-strongly-to-hearing-the-human-voice-you-can-t/)

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[Giving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/giving/)

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> [I just love getting as many experiences making music for and with people as possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/i-just-love-getting-as-many-experiences-making-music-for-and-with/)

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[Experiences](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/experiences/)

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> [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/)

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[Bob dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bob-dylan/)

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> [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/)

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[Feel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feel/)

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> [I'm slow by nature; even if I write something fast, I'll let it sit for a month and hem and haw over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/i-m-slow-by-nature-even-if-i-write-something-fast-i-ll-let-it-sit-for/)

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[Month](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/month/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/i-love-the-string-band-i-love-the-sound-of-it-the-possibilities-of-it/)

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[Band](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/band/)

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> [I'm just done downplaying how much I love Radiohead and how massive of an influence they are on what I do, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/i-m-just-done-downplaying-how-much-i-love-radiohead-and-how-massive/)

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[Done](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/done/)

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> [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/)

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[Continue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/continue/)

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## Chris Thile by topic

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