I was raised fundamentalist Christian, and now I’m not that. It was not an act of rebellion or anything. For me, it was about being in a line of work where I was meeting so many different people and feeling like they all had legitimate points of view that I needed to consider and occasionally these were at odds with ideas that I was raised with. Chris Thile Read Quote
My grandmother got me recordings of the ‘Goldberg Variations,’ in addition to the ‘Brandenburg Concertos,’ the Mozart string quartets and Beethoven’s ‘Seventh Symphony.’ Chris Thile Read Quote
The world’s music is at our fingertips, so if we like music, we kind of owe it to ourselves to check in with all of that. Chris Thile Read Quote
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 thing, and taking a lot of joy in that, as opposed to allowing myself to be transported by the work of my fellow musicians. Chris Thile Read Quote
There is a certain immortality in the change that another person effects on another person. Chris Thile Read Quote
It’s important to allow people to affect you. If we kept that at the forefront of our minds, maybe we wouldn’t be as divided as we are. Chris Thile Read Quote
The power of live music is vast. Live music is a wonderful way to spend some time. Chris Thile Read Quote
I would love to be one of those fellows who combine formal and folk music approaches. Chris Thile Read Quote
I was introduced to classical music by my grandparents – my parents were mostly into folk and jazz. Even as a young man, I was literally unaware of the distinctions between any of that, and I still think it’s pointless. Chris Thile Read Quote
