Thile Chris Quotes & Sayings

If I was any happier, you'd think I was on crack. — Chris Thile

Sometimes what I actually love to do is go to a farm and get fresh milk or watch a pig get slaughtered. — Jake Gyllenhaal

It's not fair! (Ryssa)
Because life was ever about fairness.
Oh, to be as naive as his sister. — Sherrilyn Kenyon

I was trained completely by ear. And it was actually diving into the Bach that led me to get - there was like a Mel Bay "Teach Yourself How To Sight Read ... " — Chris Thile

It was kind of sort of the heavens opened up and I realized that Bach, at least, you know - out of all the classical music - needs to be a big part of my life. — Chris Thile

I'll never feel as comfortable singing as I do playing. The mandolin is my real voice. My actual voice is sort of my secondary voice, but I love to do it and I love giving people relief from playing with a little bit of singing. — Chris Thile

The purists are small in number but, you know hardy of voice. — Chris Thile

I think people react so strongly to hearing the human voice, you can't give them too much of it or else they want it all the time. — Chris Thile

I think people are largely proud of being musically on the risk. Any time you talk to someone about music, I feel like everyone is kind of always underlining just, you know, how voracious their appetites for various things are. — Chris Thile

My thesis statement would be - Bach didn't write Baroque music. He wrote great music. — Chris Thile

The minute you make a record because you think somebody's going to play it on the radio is the minute you ought to quit. — Chris Thile

If you want to be happy, you listen to the music; if you want to be sad, you listen to the words. — Chris Thile

I'm a big fan of the Foo Fighters, Ben Harper, Amos Lee, Coldplay, Corinne Bailey Rae and Chris Thile ... to name a few. — Jimi Westbrook

I really love how the andante from the "A minor Sonata" sounds on the mandolin. — Chris Thile

Today,' said Lymond, 'if you must know, I don't like living at all. But that's just immaturity boggling at the sad face of failure. Tomorrow I'll be bright as a bedbug again. — Dorothy Dunnett

To have wisdom whilst young, to have strength whilst old, therein lies the secret to life on earth — Paddick Van Zyl

Kill your television. Throw it out the darn window. Watch PBS in a bar. — Chris Thile

I say if you're not obsessing about something, you might not be into it quite enough. — Chris Thile

I would like go to Palestine and interview people there about what their lives are like; same thing in Iran. — Henry Rollins

Lord, why was it his child you gave to me? Why did you send me here to this man so that I remember the things done to me? Shimei interceded and brought me to you, and you healed me. Now, I see Atretes and feel the old wounds reopened. Hold me fast, Father. Don't let me slip; don't let me fall. Don't let me think as I used to think or live as I used to live. "Life is cruel, Atretes, but you have a choice. Choose forgiveness and be free." "Forgiveness!" The word came out of the dark shadows like a curse. "There are some things in this world that can never be forgiven." Her eyes burned with tears. "I once felt the same way, but it turns back on you and eats you alive. When Christ saved me, everything changed. The world didn't look the same." "The world doesn't change." "No. The world didn't. I did." He — Francine Rivers

The real question is, do you root for the fox in that song? Or are you horrified that the goose and the duck are being dragged off to their death, which is described in detail? — Chris Thile

I celebrate three holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Telluride. — Chris Thile

It costs the same to send a person to prison or to Harvard. The difference is the curriculum. — Paul Hawken

The three toughest fighters I ever fought were Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray Robinson and Sugar Ray Robinson. I fought Sugar so many times, I'm surprised I'm not diabetic. — Jake LaMotta

I thought my entire life was coming apart, but I think I just realized that sometimes the thing you think is going to ruin your life is the thing that saves you. — Jane Green