113 Quotes by Chris Thile

We don't have any genre-based allegiances.

There is a certain immortality in the change that another person effects on another person.

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. I'd love to write songs like that.

New York will make you feel small. I think that's good. At least, it's good for me.

When they invented the mandolin, it was as if they were trying to come up with the least efficient means of extracting noise from a piece of wood.

My favorite bar in New York City is called Milk and Honey, a great cocktail bar.

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 a little more sustain. But for better or worse it's my voice, and the trade-off comes with increased intimacy. It's like you're beckoning the audience closer: 'C'mere, I've got something to tell ya.'

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.

I'm always excited about music, but having spent so much time in its pursuit - well, my musical life is complicated.