Quotes by Chris Thile

Ever since I became better acquainted with classical music, I've wanted to try my hand at longer forms, but I could never really see my way to it. And after I got divorced, all of a sudden I had a lot of pent-up energy and lots of stuff that had gone into trying to make this failing relationship work that kind of got reapplied.

No one wants to hear me doing my best Garrison Keillor... I think that he's inimitable; he's one in a billion.

I love putting on shows. I absolutely adore it - that's why I've been doing it now for so long.

In my mind, there's this one 'super genre,' which is the only genre that matters, and that's the super genre of good music.

If you're sitting there going, 'Well, these particular genres are the only genres I like,' that's like saying, 'I only like books with this particular kind of cover.' Because that's all genre is. It's a discussion of texture.

My musical output has been consistently acoustic, but my taste has not. I love everything. As long as it's good, I'm in.

The more you look at great art of any kind, you'll see that there's this thread running through all of it.

A cocktail and an oyster is an awfully good thing after a park, especially one close to water.

Calvin is a constant reminder that I'm not always as present as I want to be. His go-to state of being is present. So I'm really grateful of that part of being his parent.

People who are happy with their neighborhoods in New York always say the same thing: 'It's such a neighborhood!' And that's how we feel about Carroll Gardens. We see all the same people who have been there a long time and are very friendly and welcoming to us.