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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 3

> [The goal of serious musicians is to play outside of yourself. That's most likely with people who suggest things that are outside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/the-goal-of-serious-musicians-is-to-play-outside-of-yourself-that-s/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [The minute you make a record because you think somebody's going to play it on the radio is the minute you ought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/the-minute-you-make-a-record-because-you-think-somebody-s-going-to/)

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> [My thesis statement would be—Bach didn't write Baroque music. He wrote great music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/my-thesis-statement-would-be-bach-didn-t-write-baroque-music-he-wrote/)

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[Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bach/)

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> [There is a certain immortality in the change that another person effects on another person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/there-is-a-certain-immortality-in-the-change-that-another-person/)

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> [I'd say playing with a group or playing solo are equally rewarding, but in a different way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/i-d-say-playing-with-a-group-or-playing-solo-are-equally-rewarding/)

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> [Coffee is pretty big in my life. It shows up in my lyrics a bunch, the same way the ocean does. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/coffee-is-pretty-big-in-my-life-it-shows-up-in-my-lyrics-a-bunch-the/)

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[Coffee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coffee/)

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> [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/)

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[Escape](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/escape/)

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> [My folks were and are devoted public radio fans, who started listening to 'A Prairie Home Companion' in the 1980s; Garrison and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/my-folks-were-and-are-devoted-public-radio-fans-who-started-listening/)

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[Fans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fans/)

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> [The darned thing about mandolins is they're really hard to turn up as loud as you would need to be to play…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/the-darned-thing-about-mandolins-is-they-re-really-hard-to-turn-up-as/)

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> [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/)

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> [I'm a musician, and I feel like musicians owe it to themselves and owe it to music to concern themselves with as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/i-m-a-musician-and-i-feel-like-musicians-owe-it-to-themselves-and-owe/)

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[Better](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/better/)

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> [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/)

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> [My grandmother got me recordings of the 'Goldberg Variations,' in addition to the 'Brandenburg Concertos,' the Mozart string quartets and Beethoven's 'Seventh…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/my-grandmother-got-me-recordings-of-the-goldberg-variations-in/)

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> [Growing up in a bluegrass or acoustic-oriented world, the musicians become so focused on performance, as far as playing. We tend to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/growing-up-in-a-bluegrass-or-acoustic-oriented-world-the-musicians/)

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> [I think there's probably really wonderful music that has been lost due to the lack of preservation methods way back in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/i-think-there-s-probably-really-wonderful-music-that-has-been-lost/)

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> [I've always taken a lot of joy in my work, but it's also been very results-oriented. It's kind of like, making the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/i-ve-always-taken-a-lot-of-joy-in-my-work-but-it-s-also-been-very/)

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> [I think people are largely proud of being musically on the risk. Any time you talk to someone about music, I feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/i-think-people-are-largely-proud-of-being-musically-on-the-risk-any/)

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> [I'll never feel as comfortable singing as I do playing. The mandolin is my real voice. My actual voice is sort of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/i-ll-never-feel-as-comfortable-singing-as-i-do-playing-the-mandolin/)

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> [I was introduced to classical music by my grandparents - my parents were mostly into folk and jazz. Even as a young…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/i-was-introduced-to-classical-music-by-my-grandparents-my-parents/)

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> [For me, music always leads. Lyrics are only about how they sing. It is wonderful if they read well, too. In the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/for-me-music-always-leads-lyrics-are-only-about-how-they-sing-it-is/)

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> [Improvisation is an important part of bluegrass, and I would hasten to add that classical music wasn't always such an improvisational void.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/improvisation-is-an-important-part-of-bluegrass-and-i-would-hasten-to/)

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

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> [You need to put yourself in the way of the music that stood the test of time. You're doing yourself an incredible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/you-need-to-put-yourself-in-the-way-of-the-music-that-stood-the-test/)

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[Disservice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/disservice/)

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> [People who are happy with their neighborhoods in New York always say the same thing: 'It's such a neighborhood!' And that's how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/people-who-are-happy-with-their-neighborhoods-in-new-york-always-say/)

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[Long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/long/)

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> [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/)

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> [Having small children, you start thinking about how everything in your life revolves around doing the best you can for this little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/having-small-children-you-start-thinking-about-how-everything-in-your/)

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

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> [I was trained completely by ear. And it was actually diving into the Bach that led me to get - there was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/i-was-trained-completely-by-ear-and-it-was-actually-diving-into-the/)

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[Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bach/)

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> [It's like wine and food, or coffee and a pastry - coffee's awesome and a chocolate croissant is awesome, and together, they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/it-s-like-wine-and-food-or-coffee-and-a-pastry-coffee-s-awesome-and-a/)

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[Chocolate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chocolate/)

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> [Really the greatest music I've ever heard I've hated the first time I heard it. It's been abrasive at first; it's been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/really-the-greatest-music-i-ve-ever-heard-i-ve-hated-the-first-time-i/)

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[First time](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/first-time/)

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> [I'm a massive tennis fan! I love it to bits. I wish I could play, but I am worried that the muscles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/i-m-a-massive-tennis-fan-i-love-it-to-bits-i-wish-i-could-play-but-i/)

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> [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/)

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> [I was two years old when I saw the mandolin for the first time, and I just loved it. I just loved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/i-was-two-years-old-when-i-saw-the-mandolin-for-the-first-time-and-i/)

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[First time](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/first-time/)

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> [The real question is, do you root for the fox in that song? Or are you horrified that the goose and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/the-real-question-is-do-you-root-for-the-fox-in-that-song-or-are-you/)

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> [If you're sitting there going, 'Well, these particular genres are the only genres I like,' that's like saying, 'I only like books…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-thile/if-you-re-sitting-there-going-well-these-particular-genres-are-the/)

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## Chris Thile by topic

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