“The great musics of the world are great for very similar structural re...” — Chris Thile Quote

“The great musics of the world are great for very similar structural reasons: good melody, good harmony, and a balance of feminine and masculine energy.”

“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.”

“Improvising is writing, too - there was no music and now there's music. So that's composition. And any time you take any sort of a performance liberty, you're making a compositional choice. I don't know a serious performer who hasn't made compositional decisions, who hasn't engaged in the art of composition.”

“The chief concern of the French Impressionists was the discovery of balance between light and dark.”

“Juggling is the word. I'm a bad juggler, and there are often balls dropped. There is no balance. The idea of work/life balance is a myth. There's teetering from one end and running to the other and hoping not to fall off.”

“Colonialism deprives you of your self-esteem and to get it back you have to fight to redress the balance.”