Growing up in a bluegrass or acoustic-oriented world, the musicians become so focused on performance, as far as playing. We tend to overanalyze the notes, so you’re always trying to sharpen everything up. Chris Thile Read Quote
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 anything goes, anything could happen. Chris Thile Read Quote
I don’t feel that things need make their appeal exclusively to one demographic. I don’t feel that there is truly great art that only appeals to people in a certain age range. Chris Thile Read Quote
I think, until I was 16, classical music had just seemed like a little bit of a rhythmic wasteland for me. Coming from bluegrass, where one conducts oneself rhythmically, it seemed like such a different approach, and at that point the difference that I was noticing was a real turn off to me. Chris Thile Read Quote
I was two years old when I saw the mandolin for the first time, and I just loved it. I just loved the sound of it, the shape of it even, and the way it looks. And I still love it, which is a testament to something. Chris Thile Read Quote
I’m just done downplaying how much I love Radiohead and how massive of an influence they are on what I do, because it’s pretty obvious. Chris Thile Read Quote
The fact that I’m a fifth of Punch Brothers… that’s lucky for me because I feel like I get to operate in the context of one of the great string bands. There’s just not another string band I would rather be in, and i’m just compelled to make music for and with string bands. It’s what I know, and it’s kind of like who I am. Chris Thile Read Quote
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. Chris Thile Read Quote
