“I say if you're not obsessing about something, you might not be into it quite enough.” Quote by Chris Thile
“If you want to be happy, you listen to the music; if you want to be sad, you listen to the words.” IfsWantWant To Be Happy Author:Chris Thile
“My thesis statement would be—Bach didn't write Baroque music. He wrote great music.” WritingWould BeStatementsGreat MusicThesisBaroqueBaroque Music Author: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.” ThinkingPlayRecordsMinutesOughtRadioQuitting Author:Chris Thile
“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?” RealSongRootsDetailsDucksFoxesGeeseReal Questions Author:Chris Thile
“The small companies who feel that the majors are a threat, or are predators, will use that as an excuse for their eventual downfall. Dont blame others for your own inadequacies.” FeelsUseCompanyMajorsBlameThreatExcusePredatorDownfallInadequacy Author:Greg Ginn
“In a world of commoditized knowledge, the returns go to the companies who can produce non-standard knowledge.” WorldCompanyProduceReturnStandards Author:Gary Hamel
“My dad, Frank Addison Albini, was a terrific shot with a rifle and had generally excellent hunting skills. While my dad loved hunting and fishing, he didnt romanticize them. He was filling the freezer, not intellectualizing some caveman impulse or proving his worth as a real man.” MenRealDadSkillsProveShotsMy DadImpulseExcellentFishingHuntingFrankFillingTerrificRiflesReal MenFreezerHunting And Fishing Author:Steve Albini
“I don't feel like embarrassing Kurt by talking about what a psycho hosebeast his wife is, especially when he knows it already.” KnowsFeelsTalkingWifeEmbarrassingPsycho Author:Steve Albini
“Ultimately, of what possible social significance is it if a person likes to masturbate over a shoe? It may even be non-consensual, but since we do not ask permission of our shoes to wear them, it hardly seems necessary to obtain dispensation to come on them.” IfsMayPersonsSeemsAsksSocialShoesLikesSignificancePermission Book:Deviations: A Gayle Rubin Reader Source: Deviations: A Gayle Rubin Reader
“Landscape is my religion. ...God in a green legend, I lean over the pool In a testament of leaves. I dangle my twinkling mood Before me in a cool cave roofed with branches And floored with a skin of water.” WaterSkinsGreenMoodLandscapeBranchesLegendsPoolTestamentCavesReligion GodTwinkling Author:Norman MacCaig