“Bill Monroe is not singing about life in America. He's singing about l...” — Chris Thile Quote

“Bill Monroe is not singing about life in America. He's singing about life in Kentucky and Tennessee. And yet it's had this tremendous impact, not just in America but in the world. Why is Bill Monroe's hyper-regional music so universal? We can be so different and yet still share a tremendous amount.”

“I'm a musician, and I feel like musicians owe it to themselves and owe it to music to concern themselves with as much of music as interests them. Even if you decide that you're never going to compose, you will be a better performer if you concern yourself with the craft of composition.”

“I'm kind of a grandma, so I like cooking for my boyfriend and watching a movie. I cook a lot, actually. I'll make bacon-wrapped asparagus, steak, and pesto pasta with chicken...but we go out to dinner a fair amount, too.”

“The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount.”

“An excessive amount of my time is taken with political involvement. It's unavoidable; that's my temperament.”