Creek Quotes

[sweetafton23]

Hey yall. I've been collecting in a SimpleText document any amusing quotes by or regarding Nickel Creek, mostly from your signatures and such. Does anybody have some other than the ones I've got so far? (Sorry that I didn't give credit to anyone):

So, uh, we're gonna play acoustic for you... I'm sure it sounds good... the instruments are hollow enough for such an endeavor. ~Chris Thile

Sean Watkins: So if you're drunk and obnoxious, just pretend you're not.
Drunk patron: F--- that!!
Chris Thile: Sir, you're not doing a very good job.

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

I know he's old enough to drive, but girls, wouldn't you rather just park with him? ~Dolly Parton, regarding Chris Thile

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

The people have spoken... more mandolin! ~Chris Thile

Caffiene helps you. Caffiene has the answers. ~Chris

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

If you want to be happy, you listen to the music; if you want to be sad, you listen to the words. ~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

...and for those of you too drunk to understand what I just said...SHUT UP! ~Chris Thile

Your accents always slip into Cartman, and then The Ladies Man, and then Shep. ~Sara Watkins, to Chris Thile regarding his accents

Actually, I wrote a third part for finger snaps. ~Chris in regards to the really loud snapping lady

Chris Thile: It's kinda a um..half...
Sara Watkins: Half what?
Chris Thile: Half...
Sara Watkins: Half donkeyed?
Chris Thile: Yeah, yeah, that's it, half donkeyed!

Sara Watkins: I thought you were gonna say in the seventies.
Chris Thile: Yeah, in the seventies, before you and I were born.
Sean Watkins: I was here for 3 years of the seventies.
Chris Thile: Yeah, the Sean Watkins embryo solo.
Sean Watkins: I could have been 2 1/2.
Chris Thile: Rockin' out, I'm sure you were, Sean, at 2 1/2.

Chris Thile: The lighthouse has some serious personal issues.
Sara Watkins: It has some issues but we all do.
Chris Thile: What lighthouse doesn't? So we'll dedicate this to that special lighthouse in your life.

“Confused fun is more interesting!” ~Chris Thile

“We were giddy all day. Full of gid.” ~Sara Watkins

“You have the radio on, but do you actually know what you're listening to? The chord changes? Do you know that most things you're listening to on the radio suck?!” ~Chris Thile

“It's so weird to hear seals barking at night as I'm trying to go to sleep instead of neighborhood dogs.” ~Sean Watkins

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Notice nobody's quoted Sean or Sara that much. *slams fist on desk* GIVE ME WATKINS QUOTES OR GIVE ME DEATH!!

[mandofocus]

Sara: I want none of you to be confused after the set if you see Sean walking around and you see he has the name Jim written on the back of his shirt. He is not Jim, he is in fact Sean. Still, even after the show.
Chris: That's the wonder of Urban Outfitters. You can buy shirts with other people's names on them.
Sara: Did you get that at Uran Outfitters Sean?

Chris: This is a song my friend Adam McKenzie and I wrote together. We were kinda obsessing about lighthouses at the time, and wanted to know what would happen if a lighthouse wrote a song. Our particular lighthouse seems to be manic-depressive. I'd like to write a sequal where happy things start happening to this lighthouse.
Sara: Springtime come. The grass breaks through the ground.
Chris: Something like that. I dunno. Suddenly becomes, like, an observation tower or something.
Sara: Lighthouse: The Next Generation. Actually there wouldn't be another generation since it's girl died.
Chris: Whoa. Now wait here. Let's get this strait here. The lighthouse's girl couldn't help the lighthouse with procreation.
Sara: No, you're right. Well I was thinking more about the keeper generations going on.
Chris: Oh I see what you're saying. The lighthouse is an actual.....something.
Sara: I know that. I was just being stupid.
Sean: We're gonna hear about this in the bus later.
Chris: That's true.
Sean: I gotta play meetiator sometimes. Just kidding.

Chris: Heck of a mocha.

Sean: Sorry.
Chris: Dude!......Sean's kinda jumpin' the gun on songs today.

Sean: You know. Sometimes it's cool when a song just kinda starts and.......I dunno.
Sara: It was cool man.
Chris: Just not as cool as we thought.
Sean: It was cool to me over here in Seanland.
Chris: I'm gonna have to go there one day.

Chris: He produce and played on the Fiono Appa...the fiss fi fee fewie. The last Fiona Apple record which had such greats as Fast As You Can.
Sara: Fast as you can, making these....
Chris: ....Yes.

Chris: The song before that was In The House Of Tom Bombadil which is one that I wrote. And then....
Sara: That's it.
Chris: There was House...oh right. The evil song. Which needs no introduction.

Chris: What are you talking about?
Sara: Ooh the power of taking one's ears off.

Chris: This next song Sean and I wrote for two mandolins and unplayed bass.

[wack1985]

here's some more

if we seem oblivious it's because we are- Sean

see I originally wrote the song in E major the happiest of keys... later I found out it was about a dead girl.. we'll just pretend she's alive and well.. - Chris
(about Sweet Afton)

a word of the wise, it's always easier to write about dead people- Chris

[obsessedwithNC]

My favorite Chris quote is what he said about Sweet Afton.
If you want to be happy, you listen to the music; if you want to be sad, you listen to the words.”

I have a few Sean and Sara ones but I am at school right now and in order to quote them correctly I will do it later.
:p

[flutegrl71]

Yay hopefully you'll post the completed/compiled list when you've finished?

How're these?:

This is going to be really freakin' fun. --Chris on ACL

Sean: Well, at least I don't suffer from insanity!
Chris: I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it!
Sara: [laughs] Believe me, he does.

We've done this set before, I just don't remember there being so much helicopter... --Chris, remarking on the Navy Seals' helicopter at Harborfest.

All the drunks in the back just...pretend you're not. --Sean

[Sean tells Sara his guitar might go out of tune in the cold]
Sara: oh, stop being such a pessimist.
Chris: yeah, Sean. There's no point in being pessimistic; it wouldn't work anyway.

[obsessedwithNC]

Random audience member: WE LOVE YOU NICKEL CREEK!
Chris: Aww, we love you too. We love you too. But we still feel the need to see other audiences....
~
(this next quote is about how they squeezed 8 people into a bunk on their bus)
Sean: That time we did that.. funny little story.. it was a mid day drive, it was a tour with Glen Philips... everybody was in there, and I was like one of the last people to get in.. and I had to lay.. like Glen Philips was on his stomach somewhere I dont know but, I layed on top of him, and uh, kind of from underneath the pile of people I heard If we go over a bump, I'm gonna havta marry Sean!
Chris: That would have been Glen's voice saying that which is even more disturbing!!
~
Chris: This song is sort of a, a song for all the crack addicts you might have in your life. Or that you know of... The subject is so intense that we had to sort of uh, hopefully subtlely trivialize the melody just a little a bit.. in hope that we wrote the melody in Stockholm, Sweden.. is that sort of a lighthearted town? I guess they have to maintain that mentality while it's so cold..
Sara: I dont think it's a lighthearted melody.
Chris: No?
Sara: No.
Chris: Well there ya have it. Failure, folks, in front of your very eyes!
Sara: You were looking at me when you said that and I couldn't agree!
Sean: Well that completely nullifies everything Chris just said. One foul swoop! .. I think it's trivial Chris!
Sara: I think it's trival....I just don't think it's a lighthearted melody.
Random audience member: COME ON!!! *audience laughs*
Sean: Let's play the song guys!
Chris: The song... this song has no name as of yet.. maybe it should be Argument??
Sara: Maybe it should be Nickel Creek Breaking Up??
*audience moans and boos*
Sara: I'm kidding GEEZ! That was lighthearted.
~

[flutegrl71]

Sidenote: was that exchange about Devil's Minions?

[obsessedwithNC]

I am not sure. On the setlist it said Elliot but yes, the first line is We are not the devil's minions...

[Em1120]

Sean: That time we did that.. funny little story.. it was a mid day drive, it was a tour with Glen Philips... everybody was in there, and I was like one of the last people to get in.. and I had to lay.. like Glen Philips was on his stomach somewhere I dont know but, I layed on top of him, and uh, kind of from underneath the pile of people I heard If we go over a bump, I'm gonna havta marry Sean!

That was a funny story. I'm sure they've mentioned it before, but Sean told that one at an Ohio show. I remembering noticing because Sean was so cute telling it, almost a little shy ;)

[obsessedwithNC]

I remember watching Sean tell that story and I was just grinning.. and then having to hold back my laugh because my father was standing right behind me!!

[OkieLovinNC]

Originally posted by wack1985
if we seem oblivious it's because we are- Sean

Sean said that at the Midwest City, OK show. Or, maybe, he's just oblivious during every show? :p

And the one about Seanland, I'm going to have to yoink that one. :D

[NCLuver333]

I think this was the Mucky Duck show:
Sara: This is one that Sean wrote, he co-wrote it with a friend named David Puckett and this is---
Chris: AAaaHHH
Sara:---the most recent...
*silence*
Sara:...Quite a reaction you had there...
Chris: Well...ya know...electric stuff and water...
Sara: Gotta be careful when the lid's on {Of the water bottle}, especially...
Audience laughs
Sean: Oh my gosh...wow...
Loud popping noises
Sara: I really don't want to do that, actually...Chris is ah...having fun tonight...the pickup wire doesn't go quite as long as it would have when he was jumping and it fell off...


...the first time I heard this, I thought he was just being random...:rolleyes:

[tat2queen]

Upon seeing my Nickel Creek tattoo for the first time:

Sean: Is it real?
Sara: That's ridiculous!
Chris: (to my husband the tattoo artist) Awesome work!!

[chickzilla]

From an 03 Athens Ga show (I hope I get this right since I am the one who keeps contributing it to things, but I only wrote it down once before, and the site with CreekSpeek on it seems to be gone)
Sara:Go back there, and buy our CDs! Say hey to the people back there, and get a CD!
Chris:We don't have concerts for sale back there though... but wouldn't that be neat? Like a little concert in a box, and you buy it, and take it home and you can see Nickel Creek. Kinda like Help me Obi Wan Kenobe!
;)

[UpInYourHeart]

Sara: Man, look at all of you. I can't believe you're all here. This is great
Chris: This is really really great, you guys.
Sara: The sun!
Chris: We're convinced that the whole of Seattle is made up of liars who tell us Californians it rains all the time up here & that's why we shouldn't infest your state. I'm serious, everytime we've been here its been freakin' beautiful.

(Oh, don't I know that for a fact? When I was moving up here from Hawaii, everyone's like Why do you want to move there? It's always raining & blah blah blah It's like that in the fall, some parts of winter (when it's not snowing - though some times it's nice and sunny as well), and the beginning parts of spring. Yeah, that was my random interjection).

[sweetafton23]

Originally posted by tat2queen
Upon seeing my Nickel Creek tattoo for the first time:

Sean: Is it real?
Sara: That's ridiculous!
Chris: (to my husband the tattoo artist) Awesome work!!

That's ridiculous? What was Sara's inflection? Just written out like that it sounds kind of put-down-ish.

Do you have a pic of your NC tattoo online somewhere?

[Punk_Rocker_07]

I got a quote, well at least one off the top of my head. The concert I went to happened to be the day that The Two Towers came out on DVD so Sean's all Who went and picked up their copy of The Two Towers today? and I being an LOTR fan raised my hand enthusiastically thinking everyone else would, but I was very wrong, I was the only one with a hand raised to which Sean replied It's OK to be a nerd. so yeah, that's one of my little quote things, I thought it was funny.

[obsessedwithNC]

Originally posted by sweetafton23
Do you have a pic of your NC tattoo online somewhere?

http://www.nickelcreek.info/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2481&highlight=tattoo

[kayla2006]

I know he's old enough to drive, but girls, wouldn't you rather just park with him? ~Dolly Parton, regarding Chris Thile

That cracks me up. I mean.. c'mon the reason for my little crush on Chris is not because he can drive!I dont know him but I would like to on a personal not.. But yes I would rather park than go driving somewhere.. hah gotta love Dolly..

[banjochickie]

LOL I love their stage banter, they're so witty!

:D

[linzee_nc]

Couldn't resist posting my favorite

We strive not to suck. -Chris

[kmiller1610]

At the end of the Thile - Marshall woodsongs concert:


Audience Member - Play Freebird!

Chris - Oh that's a good idea! We'll play Freebird and then Devil went down to Georgia and then Rocky Top and how about Superstitious, yeah, we'll play superstitious...

Mike - (to audience member) - I like you

[kmiller1610]

From Thile - Marshall woodsongs concert

Chris - This is a love song I wrote in the 50s...

Mike - Chris Thile, the 300 year old Man .....

[UpInYourHeart]

Sean: So Flannigan says I have Martha Stewart hair. I - he told me that last night and I'm really self concious about it now....Thanks a lot Flanny! I'm shaving my head tomorrow.

Sara: He's been calling him Martha all night.

- WFH, 1-31-04

[Srol]

(in response to audience person shouting out Play your guitar!)

Okay - Sean

(later in that show)

We have a new instrumental for you. And it's got guitar in it! -Sara

Do bees hibernate? Or do they just die? I hope they die. - Sara

[obsessedwithNC]

Does anyone know where I can find that one quote, where Chris and says he gets nervous when he talks about love and will never go on a date? Or something like that?

[kate]

From the .info site

Sara: Your gonna spill that.
Chris: I know. I spill drinks when I talk about love I guess. That's why I'll never go out on a date.
Sara: Awww.

[obsessedwithNC]

Oh, thanks! I always forget that there is a .info website.. I always just go to the forum. :D

[sweetafton23]

no doubt most of these are already on this thread somewherez, but this is the full list as i have it so far:

Audience Member: Play your guitar!
Sean: Okay.
[later in that show]
Sara: We have a new instrumental for you. And it's got guitar in it!

Do bees hibernate? Or do they just die? I hope they die. ~Sara

So, uh, we're gonna play acoustic for you... I'm sure it sounds good... the instruments are hollow enough for such an endeavor. ~Chris Thile

Sean: So if you're drunk and obnoxious, just pretend you're not.
Drunk patron: F--- that!!
Chris: Sir, you're not doing a very good job.

Chris: (German) Was ist daz?
Sara: It's German chocolate fudge cake.
Sean: You mean it *was* German chocolate fudge cake.
Chris: (German) Ich will einige mehr.
Sean & Sara: You want MORE?!!
Sara: But you already ate half of the cake!
Chris: I know.

I know he's old enough to drive, but girls, wouldn't you rather just park with him? ~Dolly Parton, regarding Chris Thile

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

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 anyone could see us now, like this, they'd die to be in a band. ~Chris Thile

Drunk: Turn it up!
Sara: Turn you down!

We [Nickel Creek] would make a dreadful 'Behind the Music'. ~Sean Watkins

I am SO addicted to Harry Potter. ~Chris Thile

Sean is incredibly feisty. ~Chris Thile

DIET PUPPLEMENTS?! ~Sara Watkins

I've been instructed to talk less, so I'm trying to let this tuning carry you away to places you've never been. ~Chris Thile

Two mandolins, sixteen strings... you should be scared. ~Chris Thile

...You might have a friend that doesn't have it or if you yourself does not have it... Did I just say 'you does not have it'? ~Chris Thile

You guys are our guinea pigs only without the long term cancer. ~Chris Thile

Chris: I see, I see a bright light... I see Bach calling to me...
Sean: Don't look into the light!

Yowza yowza yowza yeah! ...Oh STUPID! Shouldn't be stupid! ~Chris Thile

This is a new song that we want to try out. It's about my imaginary sister, which I know sounds crazy... but then again we write songs about lighthouses. ~Chris Thile

Sean is a gnarly tuner. ~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? ~Chris Thile

We strive not to suck. ~Chris Thile

Sean: I wrote two chords in this song. He wants all those mega Nickel Creek royalties is what he wants.
Chris: And they're monster let me tell you.
Sara: Oh boy.

If we seem oblivious, it's because we are. ~Sean Watkins

...and for those of you too drunk to understand what I just said, SHUT UP! ~Chris Thile

Your accents always slip into Cartman, and then The Ladies Man, and then Shep. ~Sara Watkins, to Chris Thile regarding his accents

Sara: Man, look at all of you. I can't believe you're all here. This is great.
Chris: This is really really great, you guys.
Sara: The sun!
Chris: We're convinced that the whole of Seattle is made up of liars who tell us Californians it rains all the time up here and that's why we shouldn't infest your state. I'm serious, everytime we've been here it's been freakin' beautiful.

Actually, I wrote a third part for finger snaps. ~Chris Thile in regards to the really loud snapping lady

Sara: Go back there, and buy our CDs! Say hey to the people back there, and get a CD!
Chris: We don't have concerts for sale back there though... but wouldn't that be neat? Like a little concert in a box, and you buy it, and take it home and you can see Nickel Creek. Kinda like 'Help me Obi Wan Kenobe!'

Chris: It's kinda a um..half...
Sara: Half what?
Chris: Half...
Sara: Half donkeyed?
Chris: Yeah, yeah, that's it, half donkeyed!

Sara: I thought you were gonna say in the seventies.
Chris: Yeah, in the seventies, before you and I were born.
Sean: I was here for 3 years of the seventies.
Chris: Yeah, the Sean Watkins embryo solo.
Sean: I could have been 2 1/2.
Chris: Rockin' out, I'm sure you were, Sean, at 2 1/2.

Chris: The lighthouse has some serious personal issues.
Sara: It has some issues but we all do.
Chris: What lighthouse doesn't? So we'll dedicate this to that special
lighthouse in your life.

This is going to be really freakin' fun. ~Chris Thile on ACL

Sean: Well, at least I don't suffer from insanity!
Chris: I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it!
Sara: [laughs] Believe me, he does.

We've done this set before, I just don't remember there being so much helicopter... ~Chris Thile, remarking on the Navy Seals' helicopter at Harborfest.

All the drunks in the back just...pretend you're not. ~Sean Watkins

[Sean tells Sara his guitar might go out of tune in the cold]
Sara: Oh, stop being such a pessimist.
Chris: Yeah, Sean. There's no point in being pessimistic; it wouldn't work anyway.

Random audience member: WE LOVE YOU NICKEL CREEK!
Chris: Aww, we love you too. We love you too. But we still feel the need to see other audiences...

(this next quote is about how they squeezed 8 people into a bunk on their bus)
Sean: That time we did that.. funny little story.. it was a mid day drive, it was a tour with Glen Philips... everybody was in there, and I was like one of the last people to get in.. and I had to lay.. like Glen Philips was on his stomach somewhere I don't know but, I layed on top of him, and uh, kind of from underneath the pile of people I heard If we go over a bump, I'm gonna have to marry Sean!
Chris: That would have been Glen's voice saying that which is even more disturbing!!

Chris: This song is sort of a, a song for all the crack addicts you might have in your life. Or that you know of... The subject is so intense that we had to sort of uh, hopefully subtlely trivialize the melody just a little a bit.. in hope that we wrote the melody in Stockholm, Sweden.. is that sort of a lighthearted town? I guess they have to maintain that mentality while it's so cold...
Sara: I dont think it's a lighthearted melody.
Chris: No?
Sara: No.
Chris: Well there ya have it. Failure, folks, in front of your very eyes!
Sara: You were looking at me when you said that and I couldn't agree!
Sean: Well that completely nullifies everything Chris just said. One foul swoop! ... I think it's trivial Chris!
Sara: I think it's trival... I just don't think it's a lighthearted melody.
Random audience member: COME ON!!!
[audience laughs]
Sean: Let's play the song guys!
Chris: The song... this song has no name as of yet.. maybe it should be 'Argument'?
Sara: Maybe it should be 'Nickel Creek Breaking Up'?
[audience moans and boos]
Sara: I'm kidding, GEEZ! That was lighthearted.

“Confused fun is more interesting!” ~Chris Thile

“We were giddy all day. Full of gid.” ~Sara Watkins

“You have the radio on, but do you actually know what you're listening to? The chord changes? Do you know that most things you're listening to on the radio suck?!” ~Chris Thile

“It's so weird to hear seals barking at night as I'm trying to go to sleep instead of neighborhood dogs.” ~Sean Watkins


Sara: I want none of you to be confused after the set if you see Sean walking around and you see he has the name Jim written on the back of his shirt. He is not Jim, he is in fact Sean. Still, even after the show.
Chris: That's the wonder of Urban Outfitters. You can buy shirts with other people's names on them.
Sara: Did you get that at Urban Outfitters, Sean?

Chris: This is a song my friend Adam McKenzie and I wrote together. We were kinda obsessing about lighthouses at the time, and wanted to know what would happen if a lighthouse wrote a song. Our particular lighthouse seems to be manic-depressive. I'd like to write a sequal where happy things start happening to this lighthouse.
Sara: Springtime come. The grass breaks through the ground.
Chris: Something like that. I dunno. Suddenly becomes, like, an observation tower or something.
Sara: Lighthouse: The Next Generation. Actually there wouldn't be another generation since it's girl died.
Chris: Whoa. Now wait here. Let's get this straight here. The lighthouse's girl couldn't help the lighthouse with procreation.
Sara: No, you're right. Well I was thinking more about the keeper generations going on.
Chris: Oh I see what you're saying. The lighthouse is an actual... something.
Sara: I know that. I was just being stupid.
Sean: We're gonna hear about this in the bus later.
Chris: That's true.
Sean: I gotta play mediator sometimes. Just kidding.

Sean: You know. Sometimes it's cool when a song just kinda starts and... I dunno.
Sara: It was cool man.
Chris: Just not as cool as we thought.
Sean: It was cool to me over here in Seanland.
Chris: I'm gonna have to go there one day.

Chris: He produced and played on the Fiono Appa...the fiss fi fee fewie. The last Fiona Apple record which had such greats as Fast As You Can.
Sara: Fast as you can, making these...
Chris: ...Yes.

Chris: The song before that was In The House Of Tom Bombadil which is one that I wrote. And then...
Sara: That's it.
Chris: There was House... oh right. The evil song. Which needs no introduction.

Chris: What are you talking about?
Sara: Ooh, the power of taking one's ears off.

This next song Sean and I wrote for two mandolins and unplayed bass. ~Chris Thile

It's ok to be a nerd. ~Sean Watkins

[AgentJade]

At the Keswick last June:

(Chris, trying to tune a tempermental mandolin on a VERY humid day, listening to the horrible intervals as he tuned): It's akin to Chinese water torture.

(Later on, elaborating...)
Sara: Maybe it's out of tune because you poured water on it! See, it had been raining, and in an effort to bond with the crowd, he poured water down his back last night. It was his rockstar moment.
Chris: But as I saw the water rippling down my mandolin, I began to have serious doubts about my rockstar moment.


(Getting ready to play an accoustic encore, with the crowd all crowded together and blocking the exits): We realize it's a Sunday night, so we will *totally* understand if you leave. If you can get out of this mess....fortunately for us, you're stuck here.

(Answering comments about his hair outside in front of the bus): I know, I look like frickin' Beethoven or something!!

[OkieLovinNC]

I got one from the Tulsa show back in November:

Chris [After giving a long schpeel over coffee, which the audience didn't really get... ]: Okay, perhaps I should just die for that one...
Fanatic fan-girls: I LOVE YOU, CHRIS!!
Chris: Aww, thank you. I, I needed that.

[boy_like_me]

Indianapolis show last year:

Obnoxious fan: PLAY YER GUITAR, SEAN!
Sean: (gives weird look) Uh...OK

Obnoxious fan #2: FREEEEEEE BIIRRRRRRRRRD!
Chris: You shall be hung!


Brian

[linzee_nc]

Here's one from last night...

We have risen to underground. -Chris

[Tall Buddie]

heres one from the Grantham show...

That is one very finely tuned A chord (chris to sean when he spent like 5 minutes tuning in the very begining)

Half of a mandolins life is spent being tuned, the other half is spent being played out of tune. ~chris~

[flutegrl71]

haha the snippet I have is actually related to the quote from the Grantham show...

Chris: So, we're gonna end this the way we started it...
Sara: Out of tune?
Chris: Hey! I was so in tune!

[Srol]

During the acoustic encore at the Electric Factory, an audience member shouted, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU!

Chris said back, Don't worry, we can hear you just fine. It's kinda in reverse when you think about it.

[Tall Buddie]

I remember that, that was great!:D [noise]

[ShortBuddy]

hey i remember that from the electric factory...

they also kept making fun of sara at the end when she was tuning...and then they played lighthouse even though they weren't supposed to (if they hadn't there would have been a giant mob of people after them!).

also during mindy smith when she described something as transgender.

[AgentJade]

There were a few good ones from Grantham which I still have to type up, but here's my favorite, and it's rather fitting to put it here. LOL ;)

Chris: We have so much fun, every night, with the MCing on stage. You know what, it's a joy to hear ourselves talk.
(Then tries to explain that he was kidding lol. Crowd laughs, there's a beat)
Sean: You know, tomorrow that'll be up on the internet, quoting us saying that we love to hear ourselves talk.

[ShortBuddy]

that was very funny...and then he also started going on about how we clapped out a song in 4/9 and that noone had ever done that before! It was great!

[aftontallulah]

This is a brilliant idea!
Here is what I have to add, it's from the Chris/Mike show on 12-23-03 in Boulder, CO
People often confuse hearing a song alot with liking it. Chirs talking about the radio, I believe!

cupcakes,
Afton
:p

[chickzilla]

Athens 4/2 Show Quotes:
Chris: This song is from... sadly our last record and-
Sara: NO! Its not our LAST record, its our LATEST. I mean sheesh...
Chris: Oh yeah sorry, our last record. Man, Nickel Creek is no longer a band (audience silence) ok I'm KIDDING!! Our LATEST record!!

(for the scones quotes fans) There's millions of things you could be doing on a Friday here in Beautiful Athens. Drinking Blue Sky coffee... OH! Or eating amazing Blue Sky scones! I had another... they sent some for me, yay! -Chris

I used to live in Nashville, or rather when I did live in Nashville, we used to call ourselves the Athens of the South. Now, correct me if I'm wrong but wouldn't ATHENS be the Athens of the South? That's Nashville for you... hm. -Chris

(talking to the two of us while signing my brother's Ticket that said with Mindy Smith) Oh look, that's us! Minus the Mindy Smith part at least, she's not here as you can see. (my brother said yeah we were wondering about that) Well she's not here, but she's really really good you guys, like better live than on her CD. But oh don't tell her I said her CD sucked, she would kill me!!!! Its good, but if you can hear her live you really REALLY should you know? -Sara

(to a girl who said it was her 21st Birthday that night) Oh really? Freaking awesome! You know, I didn't do anything for my 21st Birthday. I think I played a show, so hey! We were both at a Nickel Creek show for our 21st Birthdays! -Chris

(tries to whistle while singing but nothing comes out) *sputtering sound* I am really not that good at whistling, *tiny little noise* Really not that good at all. -Sara

[sweetafton23]

Chris: It's time for Dr. Watkins’ commentary on life. Sean, it's not about the song right now, it's about you helping us. Sean, I need help man. I let it fall, I let it fall. What's the problem? It's me isn't it?! What's with the psychiatrist stuff tonight? It's weird we never talked about this before. Are we having some issues guys? Are we cool?
Sara: I just don't wanna talk about it.
Sean: Chris, I have to tell you something... I've got a big problem with you kidding right now. I'm opening up... I've got it out.

Chris: Sara has a nickname...
Sara: NO!!!!!!!!!!
Chris: We call Sara the Ice Queen
Sara: It's not right
Chris: Oh it's right. You love it.

Sean: The girl in the band, the Chic Singer we like to call her... a lot of people ask about us, so yes we are brother and sister, we're definitely not married.
Sara: And we're not twins either

Chris: ...you might have a friend that doesn't have it or if you yourself does not have it... Did I just say 'you does not have it'?!
Sara: Yeah you did.
Chris: I'm such an idiot.
Sara: Chris ate a spider today
Chris: I did?
Sean: No, it was just a bug
Sara: It looked like a spider to me
Sean: No, it was just a bug
Chris: I was eating a salad and I won't say where cause that wouldn't be nice to them, but all the sudden there was a bug in my salad. Yeah, it drowned.
Sara: Drowned?
Chris: What is my problem today?
Sara: It's the bug I'm telling you!

Sean: You're going to spill that.
Chris: I know. I spill drinks when I talk about love I guess. That's why I'll never go out on a date.
Sara: Awww

Chris: On the fiddle from Vista, California. She likes horses and fishing and body boarding and those things... diet supplement things.
Sara: What?!
Chris: Those things you have to take now.
Sara: What?!
Chris: It's that weird thing. Do you know what I’m talking about?
Sara: No, I have no idea.
Chris: It's like a Clif bar only it's for girls.
Sara: Oh gosh!
Chris: Luna bar.
Sara: Luna bar.
Chris: Luna bar.
Sara: Diet supplements!?
Chris: Sorry it's not a diet supplement, it's a Luna bar. On the guitar... Now he's worried. Also from Vista, California which would seem odd, until you find out they're brother and sister. Sean also likes to body board and put water wax in his hair. Revealing band introductions.
Sean: On the mandolin. I can tell you what he doesn't like anymore. He used to like Natalie Portman. It’s a recent development I guess. Just trying to carry on the theme with revealing introductions.

Sara: This one right here is one that Chris wrote with a friend of his named Adam.
Sean: And me!
Sara: And Sean. They both... all three of them wrote it.
Sean: Keep trying to cut me out on this.
Sara: No I always forget which one...
Sean: I wrote two chords in this song. He wants all those mega Nickel Creek royalties is what he wants.
Chris: And they're monster let me tell you.
Sara: Oh boy.

Man, it was really cool out there. If you guys like bread and cheese I'm telling you that is the place for bread and cheese -- it kicks butt. They have this thing called Coca Cola it's real cool it's like in a red can. It's all bubbly and stuff. But needless to say France is really cool and they speak in French there. And that's really cool. ~Chris

[seanismine32]

Obnoxious Female Fans: REASONS WHY!!!!

Chris: Sorry...no.

Obnoxious Female Fans: REASONS WHY!!!!

Sara: We were on tour with a somewhat big star a few months ago...Well, okay, I'll tell you who, it was Vince Gill...Anyway, the audience kept yelling the songs they wanted to hear the whole night, so finally Vince stopped and said If they play it on the radio, I'll play it tonight. But we don't get played on the radio, so...

Chris: Yeah, they don't like us so much.

Obnoxious Female Fans: REASONS WHY!!!!

Chris: ....Once again, love the persistence. Okay everybody all at once!

Audience: Reasons Why, Green and Gray, Sweet Afton, When You Come Back Down, The Fox!!!!! (etc.)

Chris: Nope, sorry. Wow, that sucks for you.

[obsessedwithNC]

Originally posted by seanismine32
Chris: Nope, sorry. Wow, that sucks for you.

Wow, haha, that is great! What show is that from? I want a copy of that!!

[chickzilla]

i almost totally forgot!! from the Athens 4/2 show, after-concert bus concert (right before they play Katie Hill):

Sara (to Mark): I'm gonna do two chops, and start. Two chops, key of G, really fast man, really fast. Ready? You're not gonna know they're coming... ready? Two chops? G? Ready?

[NCLuver333]

Sara (to Mark): I'm gonna do two chops, and start. Two chops, key of G, really fast man, really fast. Ready? You're not gonna know they're coming... ready? Two chops? G? Ready?

lol...that's what our band teacher, Mr. Green, does to us, and he always asks questions really quickly:
Green: What key has 2 flats?
Me: The ke---
Green: Come on, you should know this!
Me: I said th--
Green: How would you count a time signature of 6/8?
Me: 1-2---
Green: (Just joking around) How would you count a time signature of 25/16?
*Everyone silent*
Me: (Having watched the Chris/Mike Webcast) 123,12,12,123,12,12,12,12,123,12
Green: Did you, by any chance, watch a webcast with Chris Thile?
Me: (About to explode in excitement because my band teacher KNOWS WHO HE IS)...yes, I might have....:D

[obsessedwithNC]

Originally posted by NCLuver333
Green: Did you, by any chance, watch a webcast with Chris Thile?
Me: (About to explode in excitement because my band teacher KNOWS WHO HE IS)...yes, I might have....:D


Wow.. my music teacher told me one day he knew of Nickel Creek (everyone at school knows I love them) and then he proceded to play How You Remind Me... by Nickelback. That's as close as I've got to someone actually knowing! lol

[MadtownMira]

I wish I could quote it exactly, but the last show I went to had an annoying female fan as well. Imagine that. LOL. Anyway, early in the show she yelled out Chris, you're super hot! Then later in the show the same annoying fan yelled out Sean, you're hot! Chris got a look of indignation on his face and basically said hey, I thought I was the hot one. Sean, not missing a beat said Well, I'm apparently just hot. But you're super hot!

Ok, so it doesn't sound as funny without the direct quote, but it was pretty hilarious.

--Michelle

[MadtownMira]

I wish I could quote it exactly, but the last show I went to had an annoying female fan as well. Imagine that. LOL. Anyway, early in the show she yelled out Chris, you're super hot! Then later in the show the same annoying fan yelled out Sean, you're hot! Chris got a look of indignation on his face and basically said hey, I thought I was the hot one. Sean, not missing a beat said Well, I'm apparently just hot. But you're super hot!

Ok, so it doesn't sound as funny without the direct quote, but it was pretty hilarious.

--Michelle

[~*~SARA ROX!~*~]

Originally posted by obsessedwithNC



Wow.. my music teacher told me one day he knew of Nickel Creek (everyone at school knows I love them) and then he proceded to play How You Remind Me... by Nickelback. That's as close as I've got to someone actually knowing! lol

lol! there's hope for them yet, i guess...:p yeah the same sort of thing happened to me. at the beginning of the year our spanish teacher had us write this little card about all this stuff (where you live, when's your birthday, favorite music, etc.) to get to know us and see if she shares the same interest so of course i put down nickel creek for my favorite music, and then the next week she comes by my desk and goes erin! and i'm like uh...what did i do? and she says i saw on your thingy that you put down nickel creek for music and i'm like yeah...so they're the best...what about them? and she says well, they were on tv last night. did you see it? (she only gets 2 channels where she lives) i had not seen it and i told her so while kicking myself for not even knowing about it and she says well they played a few songs and i absolutely loved it. and i was like beaming. and you should know that if anyone starts talking about 1) Nickel Creek, 2) LOTR, 3) Homestarrunner, etc. but mostly Nickel Creek, you wont get me to shut up. i then proceeded to tell her about the concerts i've gone to and stuff like that and i was like totally at my limit. she didnt even notice and while everyone else was working we were just talking all about nickel creek. i'm telling you, i've never spent a class period better than that. i'd talk about it 24/7 if i could.

[mandofocus]

Audience member: Lighthouse! Question mark!
Chris: OK. Exclamation point.

[UpInYourHeart]

Here are a couple of quotes from the Seattle show that I got off my crappy recording...haha...but it's fun stuff so yeah...

Sara: Chris would like you all to know that it's called Rain Through My Window, but on the setlist it's called Rain and we always call it Rain so, I thought I'd just, you know, I thought they were cool enough to know the short version....
Chris: I thought that they were majestic enough to know the full title
Sara: Majestic
*crowd cheers*
Chris: I'm so in awe of these people, Sara, that I actually don't feel...
Sara: You're such a suck up
Chris: ...I just don't feel comfortable...
Sara: It's called Rain Through My Window
---
Sara: So we're going to do a Gillian Welch song for you guys - Caleb Meyer, he's not a very good guy
Chris: He still deserves to be in tune
Sara: Well his song does...my character deserves to be in tune
Chris: I'm doing it for your character, Sara
Sara: I know and I appreciate that
Chris: And for the audience although they might not think so

[banjochickie]

(after a really long random story about their microphones)

Chris - ...buuuuut we digress.
random audience member - YOU ROCK!
Chris - no, no, we digress.
(audience cracks up laughing)
Chris - We try to rock. Digression just occurs.
(more laughter)
Chris (tuning) - We have to tune more when we rock.

hahahaha I love how they play off the audience!!

[-E-]

(before playing Sweethearts on Parade)
Sean: Some of you might be familiar with this one if you were into pop music in Canada in the '40s.



~liz

[phishyfee]

From the Abbey Pub Show (7-9-03):

Woman: Do Lighthouse!
Chris: You know maam, if you had just gotten here about an hour earlier and brought a printer with you, you could have done your own setlist. It would have been great. Just a solid hour of Lighthouse.


Chris: You guys, the genious of building the city on this lake...Let's talk about this for a second. Let's talk about this. Is that Lake Shore Drive? The one that goes on the Shore...of...the Lake.


Chris: You know, we've discovered something interesting in this band...we can't digress, seeing as the level of this witty banter is already so low. It's an impossibility. There will be no digressing from this point. There will only be progressing.
Sara: And that is what gives us hope.


Guy: FREEBIRD!
Chris: Oh sir! I'm so sorry to inform you...we're Nickel Creek
Guy: FREEBIRD!
Chris: A warning, this has nothing to do with us, but the next person that says Freebird will be strung up. Just house rules




From the Northwestern Show (11-5-03):

Sean: I haven't been playing piano for very long, so this song is appropriately entitled, 'I'm Sorry.'
Chris: I'm sorry too.
Sean: Not as sorry as I am

[obsessedwithNC]

Originally posted by -E-
(before playing Sweethearts on Parade)
Sean: Some of you might be familiar with this one if you were into pop music in Canada in the '40s.

At the Kent 11-12-03 show before playing Sweethearts on Parade

Sara: Nickel Creek turns back the clock!

haha that was soooo cute

[obsessedwithNC]

Originally posted by UpInYourHeart
Here are a couple of quotes from the Seattle show that I got off my crappy recording...haha...but it's fun stuff so yeah...

Sara: Chris would like you all to know that it's called Rain Through My Window, but on the setlist it's called Rain and we always call it Rain so, I thought I'd just, you know, I thought they were cool enough to know the short version....
Chris: I thought that they were majestic enough to know the full title
Sara: Majestic
*crowd cheers*
Chris: I'm so in awe of these people, Sara, that I actually don't feel...
Sara: You're such a suck up
Chris: ...I just don't feel comfortable...
Sara: It's called Rain Through My Window



I've read that quote 5 times and still have made no sense of it, but I like it because Chris said majestic, lmao!

[UpInYourHeart]

Hahaha well maybe I can explain the situation so it makes a little more sense?

Sara was talking about how they were working on a new album blah blah blah and she said this song was called Rain. Chris said something to her and then she went on to say that whole mess of things I said up there. I'm not sure if the Thile sucking up to the audience for some of the show started with that or had it's place a while before it, but either way, the audience ate it up ;)

[wilwaren]

I know a couple parts of this quote have been used before but I just found the whole thing so I thought I'd post it.

Chris on Sweet Afton: I actually wrote the melody in E major, which is one of the happiest of keys... which is actually sort of in the Celtic tradition, the uh... the songs will be horrably depressing and mostly about dead girls, uh, and still sound... almost... almost disturbingly happy.... like your not exacticly sure how much they care... or..... possibly something that would be wished for. Um... I would have gone E minor or even D minor - the saddest of all keys. But we'll pretend for now that she's alive and well.

[chickzilla]

Originally posted by wilwaren
Chris on Sweet Afton: I actually wrote the melody in E major, which is one of the happiest of keys... which is actually sort of in the Celtic tradition, the uh... the songs will be horrably depressing and mostly about dead girls, uh, and still sound... almost... almost disturbingly happy.... like your not exacticly sure how much they care... or..... possibly something that would be wished for. Um... I would have gone E minor or even D minor - the saddest of all keys. But we'll pretend for now that she's alive and well.
I usually hate it when people do this (post weirdly with no new info) but this struck me... that's sorta the same thing they do on Brand New Sidewalk. Chris must've found a fondness for that particular style of doing things. And hey, it works. :)

[buttermuffin4]

Originally posted by wilwaren
I know a couple parts of this quote have been used before but I just found the whole thing so I thought I'd post it.

Chris on Sweet Afton: I actually wrote the melody in E major, which is one of the happiest of keys... which is actually sort of in the Celtic tradition, the uh... the songs will be horrably depressing and mostly about dead girls, uh, and still sound... almost... almost disturbingly happy.... like your not exacticly sure how much they care... or..... possibly something that would be wished for. Um... I would have gone E minor or even D minor - the saddest of all keys. But we'll pretend for now that she's alive and well.
LOL, I love that.

[-E-]

That saddest of all keys line is a quote from one of my favorite movies, This is Spinal Tap. The fact that Chris (and Sara, who echos Chris in a British accent during the aforementioned Sweet Afton explanation) likes this movie too makes me love him all the more!

[Lemondrop514]

Hee. This thread is fun. This one is kinda long, but it's from my first Nickel Creek concert ever...well, technically it was an MAS show, but you get the picture. It was at the Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland, Aug. 10, 2004.

Chris: (just finished playing a piece by Bach, much to the crowd’s amazement)
Rest of the Band: *returns to the stage*
Glen: Uh, Chris? Is it…technically legal to play Bach in…shorts?
Sara: I didn’t notice you were wearing shorts until we were onstage…
Chris: *looks down at his khaki shorts* I hadn’t considered that, that is possible, yeah.
Glen: I mean, you already pushed the ‘untucked’ envelope…
Chris: Well I have one shirt tucked, see…*lifts up his untucked shirt to reveal a white, tucked shirt beneath it*
Glen: But no one can see it.
Chris: That’s true. I—but uh—the feeling is there. The feeling of tuck-ness.
Sean: You also—you also have not recently shaven.
Glen: I think that’s ok.
Sean: That’s ok?
Glen: The…the mad--
Sean: composer?
Glen: yeah.
Chris: no, but seriously, I was looking at your beautiful lake [Lake Erie], you have eh…I don’t know if you’ve seen it...*laughter* It’s kinda, uhm, choppy and wild. Much like my chin, actually. Yes, it’s very eerie.
Sara: Chris did his laundry though, today, which kind of makes up for all kinds of—of unshavenness.
Chris: yes, I’m actually wearing clean clothes today…
Glen: (to the audience) sorry…

[scarlett_fox]

lol I'm getting a few laughs from this thread. Too bad I don't really have anything to contribute, most of the one's I have are already up here ;)

[scarlett_fox]

wait, It's not a funny one but I still think it's a beautiful quote (this is from the NAWWAL regaurding Song for a young queen)

i wanted it to seem like we can always keep going and be happy doing so, knowing all the time that we probably won't find our desinations if we ever had one. Kind of like a crush, isn't it?
Chris Thile

[WKUClare]

One of my favorite Chris Thile quotes happened at a Nashville show. He kept trying to say this word and was having a really hard time and just kept messing up. So he started laughing and said I was homeschooled. We learned stuff, but we didn't have to, you know, say them...

[somewherenorth]

chris said something like that at his solo seattle show... he was talking about bach's b minor partita (sp) for solo violin (which he was about to play)...he was attempting to tell us the name of whomever was bach's employer (?) at the time he wrote that particular piece...

so he spelled the guys name, saying, that's the thing about homeschoolers: we know a lot, but we never know how to pronounce it!

my sister and i looked at each other and started laughing...we both think that's the best one-sentence description of homeschoolers we've ever heard...and since we were both homeschooled, we've heard quite a few.... :)

[buttermuffin4]

Originally posted by somewherenorth
so he spelled the guys name, saying, that's the thing about homeschoolers: we know a lot, but we never know how to pronounce it!
my sister and i looked at each other and started laughing...we both think that's the best one-sentence description of homeschoolers we've ever heard...and since we were both homeschooled, we've heard quite a few.... :)
That's so true too! I can never pronounce stuff correctly but I always spell it correctly. :confused:

This is one I got from the Entertainment Package- I think it was the ep. . . .
Anyhoo, it's Chris

'My Mom used to sing 'The Fox' to me when I was going to sleep, and I don't quite understand that because it's about one animal dismembering a couple other animals.'

[NCkitty]

I was doing a search and I found this great thread for quotes. i'm bumping this up!!

[buttermuffin4]

This was the first thread I ever read on this board. . It's flipping hilarious, I was cracking up the whole time. :-))

[NCkitty]

thats why I bumped it :D I read it for hours and kept on laughing. its good reading.

[thedownsideband]

Sean- Chris tunes by sight.

[iamalighthouse]

Chris- This is usually a boisterous song, and it will still be played with the same level of energy, just with sorrowful undertones....

(Stumptown referring to the time period when Chris could not drink coffee)

Chris- (tells whole story about how churches used to prohibit playing in minor keys, unless the song was ended on a major chord) ''Yeah it's like (plays minor chord) Sin......Sin.....Sin.........(plays pretty major chord).....Grace.....''

<><

[chickzilla]

Chris Savannah 04/06 (after someone requested lighthouse)
'see we make a set list, and we've slaved over it, and you try to ruin it. when i was young i got to rent ONE movie from the video store, and if i tried to rent two... then i got none. so what if you just ruined all the songs for everyone else now? what if i say no more songs in D? where's your lighthouse now?! i wrote that song when i was 15 and i have loved it, but i will kill my song. and now we'll play a song in F#m because that is so much better than D anyway.'

[iamalighthouse]

^ That is quite hilarious!

<><

[mandoplayer15]

Chris talked about Stumptown, when he couldnt drink coffee, at the last concert I went to...and he said...


I will play with the usual spring in my pick, but in a certain spot, you will notice a tad bit of sorrow in my playing......somewhere around the bridge.

[chickzilla]

oh yeah! i almost forgot...
Athens 4-06
Sean (preceding the beginning of Somebody More Like You)
'ok so now I would just like to brag on myself for a second here and say, I am about to seriously rock the first 32 notes of this next song'
and then he stood on top of the monitor.

[thedownsideband]

(While a fan said that he wanted to marry Sara)

Chris- If you want to get to her, you'll have to get through him (pointing at Sean, who then immediately got into a karate position)

^^^That was funny. Just imagine little Sean in a karate position....

[chickzilla]

hey don't call him little Sean to Sara's face! that will re-bring up this quote (my mother started it, she said Sean was almost as short as Sara and she are) Sara said (Atlanta 10-05 for whoever's quoting):
'he's not short! he's taller than me! he's my big brother! he's NOT short!'
:D

[thedownsideband]

It was kind of funny, because I was taking a picture with Sean and I had to bend my knees so far. In the picture, I almost fell over. Shhhh... Don't tell Sean...

[Thistle]

My favourite Sean moment was when I was taking a picture of him with one of my friends in front of a set of stone stairs outside a venue and all of a sudden he shouted out to me to not take it. When I asked what was wrong he smiled sheepishly and said, 'I want to stand on the next step up so I look taller!'

Bless.

[NCkitty]

Sean is funny in a cute way.

[PrincessNic]

I know Sean is so cute. He doesn't say much, but when he does it is always sooo cute.

And I always call Sean Little Sean I have nicknames for all of my favorite crushes. He is my little seany sean

[mandoplayer15]

Chris: This next song is called Locking Doors.....(he goes on to explain how it was written..and what its about) I have a mission for you guys...count how many words ryme with 'four'...

:Audiance laughs:

Sara: No no no...its not what you think....w're not that bad

[thedownsideband]

Nickel Creek sure is a cool band.

[NCkitty]

Originally posted by PrincessNic
I know Sean is so cute. He doesn't say much, but when he does it is always sooo cute.

And I always call Sean Little Sean I have nicknames for all of my favorite crushes. He is my little seany sean

funny, I call him seany-poo. lol.

[PrincessNic]

Originally posted by NCkitty


funny, I call him seany-poo. lol.

aw, thanks. I am glad someone else has stupid nicknames. Everyone always makes fun of me.

[NCkitty]

how can you not give Sean a nick name?? :D


btw, i'm sorry I don't have amy quotes for you guys. i've never been to a concert, the only quotes i have are old ones i read off of geocities.

[TopCat]

I have to agree that one of the reasons I like NC so much is that their live shows are end to end entertaining...including the banter between members.

I recently got a copy of the 3-23-06 Evansville show, and there was a 4:53 track aptly titled 'Chris's Story' that was quite humorous. Here is my best effort at transcribing it (is transcribing a word? lol):

Chris: So how are things in Evansville? You have a mighty fine river...
(Crowd Cheers)
Chris: Let's see, being in a concert hall after being in the bus all day kinda disorients me, Is the river that way? That way?
Crowd: THAT WAY! (pointing)
Chris: Which way? I was right. Score one for me. Today it's me one, life one. I'd say I've just pulled even now
Sara: So wait, wait, did life have one over you for a while there?
Chris: Yeah, life had one on me today. I rolled my ankle-
Sara: Were you almost dead?
Chris: I told you about that
Sara: Oh yeah, you told me about that.
Chris: (dramatically) I almost, I almost died.
Sara: (dramatically sarcastic) Oh my Gosh!
Chris: I almost died, I was running, in your fine city. Actually I was running trying to get to the river-
Sara: I'd say that the-
Chris: No one was chasing me, I was just running (laughter)
Sara: I'd say that the almost part is a dead even score. 'Life', It didn't kill you.
Chris: No, but it scored a point. It didn't win the game (laughter)
Sara: But it got one against you?
Chris Yeah. No, I was running-
Sara: Had the game ended there, it would have won
Chris: I was listening to the new Strokes record, which you should get, and right about the part where it goes (begins playing The Strokes) 'Sh-Sh-Sh-Shotgun see you sunshine' <== (topcat's note: not really sure about those lyrics, lol) - I look up and and I go, wait...that's a red light! (laughter) ..but I'm almost off the curb at this point..you know, like ready to rock with the Strokes right through that intersection and then uh, then go hmmm, red light, probably oughta look left. Look left. Car! (laughter) Very Close! Car very close. And so at that point there were too many calculations for my feeble brain to handle, The Strokes were rocking my world, there was the intersection, the red light, the car..my-my-my legs neglected to consider that the ground I was about to step on wasn't perfectly even, or that it might not be perfectly even, and it was not. They had not taken that into account and I rolled my ankle *really* good. Really Good.
Sara: Did any of you almost hit anyone coming- (laughter)
Chris: Yeah! On the way to the show tonight? It wasn't that long ago. So that would have been me. And they looked at me, and they were laughing.
Sara: They were laughing? Were they pointing?
Chris: I didn't see them pointing-
Crowd: Awwwwe
Chris: Yes, it is very sad (laughter) it's very sad.
Sara: They didn't point though?
Chris (to the crowd): And if I were you, and that was you, and you were laughing at me, I wouldn't, I wouldn't speak up because my mother is here. (laughter) Allright? (more laughter) no she is, she's here, she'll-
Sara: I forgot about that!
Chris: She will kick you. (laughter)
Sean (away from mic): Ha! She'll destroy you
Chris (agreeing): Mmmhmm. So Life one, but me one too because I remembered where the river was
Sara: Way to go! We're still, we're going into overtime ladies and gentlemen. Is there overtime in the game of life? As we call it
Chris: Going into overtime?
Sara: Yes, well, what if it's a tie?
Chris: I'm thinking 120, 130 years for me
Sara: Yeah?
Chris Yeah. Like that Italian woman, she attributed it to having a glass of red wine every night. I can do that!
Sara: Or at least you can make up for lost time (laughter)
Chris (laughing): That's right! Yeah, the way I see it there were 21 years there I was not having a glass of red wine every night (laughter) so I gotta make up for that
Mark: Ha! (pause, silence) Ha! (laughter)
Chris: This is Mark Schatz our sterling bass player (crowd cheers) (back to audience) So everything's ok you live next to a beautiful river. Do most of you live here in Evansville? (Some of Crowd cheers)
Sara: How many of you do not live here in Evansville? (Way more crowd cheers)
Chris: Geez! They're so pleased. You shouldn't sound so pleased about that *in* Evansville. How many people are equally pleased to be living in Evansville? (Some of Crowd cheers) You know? You are less. And you are not sounding as pleased.
Crowd: (laughter with one girl screaming loud WOOOO!)
Chris (to girl screaming): You sound pleased.
Screaming Girl: WOOOO!
Chris (to girl screaming): You sound TOO pleased. (laughter)
Sara (to girl screaming): Don't kill yourself now.
Chris: That's an uncomfortable amount of pleasure (laughter)
Sara: We're gonna play uh-
Chris: Almost as uncomfortable as my banter has been this evening
Sara: I wasn't uncomfortable until just then actually.
Chris: Just then actually?
Sara: Yeah, yeah that was the first time.
Chris: I had you in the palm of my hand, Sara?
Sara: (pause) maybe, maybe I wasn't *that* comfortable but um, at any rate, we are gonna do a song now that uh-
Chris: We were recklessly exaggerating just now..
Sara: perhaps. That uh Chris wrote (pause) it has many notes. (pause) And they come in different orders. (laughter)
Chris laughing: Different what?
Sara: Orders.
Chris: They always do, don't they?
Sara: They do! They keep changing order!
Chris: Today you don't know what order I'm gonna play them in!
Sara: Holy Crap! What's it gonna be? (laughter)
Chris: Please enjoy, in the House of Tom Bombadil (begins playing).

[TopCat]

Later, in the same show...after completeing Tom Bombadil and Reason's why....

Chris: We’re gonna do a song now that’s about being jealous of the moon.
Sara (away from mic): Are you jealous of the moon?
Chris: I’m not, particularly jealous of the moon, actually.
Sara (away from mic): Why not?
Chris: The songs not about me.
Sara (stepping up to mic): You don’t feel threatened by the moon? Or, not even threatened, but just inferior to it’s place in the universe? You don’t feel-
Chris: You mean how much higher up it is?
Sara: Yeah, yeah yeah…like you don’t wish that you were?
(pondering pause)
Chris: See now you’re appealing to my ambitious side, so yes, I’m starting to feel jealous of the moon. (laughter)
Sara: I mean, not that contentness is a bad thing.
Chris: Hmmm.
Sara: It’s good, it’s a good thing.
Chris: I’ll think about it while I’m singing this song.
Sara: yeah, it’s good. Maybe it will help you.
Sean: It’s you’re motivation, Chris.
Sara: Yeah, maybe it’ll help you deliver the song in a brand new way
Chris: I’ll put it in a different order (laughter)
Sara: You’ll put the notes in a different order, it’ll be great!

[TopCat]

Later still... (hopefully y'all are enjoying these)

Sean: So um, this next song is a song of mine that it’s really, it’s kind of, the theme is bitterness really (laughter) The problem right now is that I’m not feeling bitter at all. Chris, could you help me out with that? I mean, anything?
(Chris walks over and steps on his foot)
Sean: Ugh. (angrily) WHY did you do that Chris?
Chris: Sean (pause) I don’t know. I can’t be stopped though. (laughing) You don’t have any defense against that. And, and actually, actually, I stepped on your foot, that much power Sean, coming from the foot that I rolled, the ankle that I rolled.
Sara: Ooo!
Sean: Gosh, you really-
Chris: That was a lot of power thrust upon your foot
Sara: And it means that he actually uh – Chris had no care for his own pain while inflicting it on you.
Chris: That’s how bad I wanted to hurt you, Sean. (laughter)
Sean: Well, I have my motivation now folks. (goes into Somebody More Like You).

[TopCat]

And our story continues at the conclusion of Somebody More Like you...

(Crowd Cheers)
Sean: Thank you guys! Thank you Chris for the inspiration.
Sara: We're gonna do a Radiohead song now for anybody who likes Radiohead (crowd cheers) This is off of The Bends.
Chris: That's a much higher concentration of Radiohead fan-dom than I was expecting, honestly. Fair play to you. (Crowd cheers)
Sara: Are there people in the balcony by the way?
Chris: I think So.
Sara: I see a grouping of heads? (balcony cheers)
Chris: There are a couple of people in the balcony
Sara: Oh woah! Well, nice to meet you all. I'm Sara. (pause) and you're you.
Chris: I think at this point we could actually-
Man in crowd yelling: Was that a shot?
Sara: Who? What?
Man in crowd: Was that a shot?
Chris: This was very highly concentrated apple juice. (laughter) It's good. I think they aged this apple juice 12 years. (laughter)
Sara: And it came from a different country. Foreign apple juice.
Chris: Scottish apple juice.
Sara: Scottish apple juice.
Chris: Scottish apples are the best kind.
Sara: John Wayne used to drink apple juice.
Justin (off Stage left): John Wayne used to drink scottish apple juice? Really?
Sara: This is called nice dream-
Sean (laughing): I like how Justin weighed in there, that was good.
Sara: You guys can't see but there's a guy off to the side of the stage his name is Justin and he let's us hear ourselves.
Chris: He deserves mad props.
Sean (introducing): Justin Somethingerother (topcat note: I couldn't understand his lastname), ladies and gentlemen. (crowd cheers)
Sara: The man behind the curtain.
Chris: A few of you can see him right?
Sara: Oh you lucky few! You lucky, lucky people. OH! He gets his own light!
Sean: A spotlight on him!
Sara: Well done Chief!
Chris: You guys didn't see that but it was AWESOME!
Sara: He had his own light he was glowing like an angel!
Chris: He is an angel.
Sara: Hark!
Chris: He finally looked like it.
Sara (laughing and repeating): He finally looked like it
Sean: Justin has a flashlight, we're gonna introduce the man on Stage Right, Chief over here. A hand for Chief people. (Crowd Cheers)
Chris: That was magical. Magic. Here in Evansville, Indiana this evening.
Sara: This is all brand new. This doesn't happen most nights.
Chris: It's definitely in a different order (laughter)
Sara: New Orders. My Goodness.
(Sean laughs)
Sara: Let's play the frickin song.
Chris: I'm going to personally dedicated this song to my little brother Daniel.
Sara: Is here here?
Sean: He's right there I see him. Hi Daniel.
Chris: He just threw up the rock, actually. That's right Daniel, don't let it wither. That would be terrible. You see what happens, see your brother starts to play and it starts to wither, but we're about to inject it with some Radiohead, so it's ok. (begins Nice Dream)

[Sweet93]

Sara: Chris, did you say the f word?
Chris: No, i said frickin'
Sara: Oh
Chris: Maybe you said the f word
Sara: I didn't say the f word, I'm the good one of the band!

[NCkitty]

I thought Sean was the good one in the band :D he like never talks

[AdeleEiser]

[lolol] Not talking isn't synonymous with being good. For example, I don't often think of serial killers as being particularly chatty.

Not comparing Mr. Watkins to a serial killer of course, just making a point. :p

[NCkitty]

hey! hes still a sweetie! :D he doesn't really cuss a lot unlike someone *cough*Chris*cough*

awww but chris is pretty sweet most of the time too :D

[chickzilla]

goodness... back to topic:
Sean 4-06 Savannah (before playing Somebody More Like You)

who out here likes India Pale Ale? i would have to say it might be the best beer in the world. it has notes of sunshine, and dare i say, clover. its the only beer that doesn't just taste like yellow nasty water. so for all you IPA people... i dedicate this song.

[AdeleEiser]

See, now I have to interject again, as the cleanliness of one's vocabulary is not a very accurate barometer of sweetness. Have you ever been to a Hot Topic store? I can't speak for all of them of course, but in my experience you're bound to hear a few expletives when the employees are talking quietly amongst each other (and you're eavesdropping [lolol]), and yet they are some of the sweetest, most helpful sales associates I have ever encountered. Along those same lines, some of the most frightening people I know (of) would never ever dream of cussing.

I don't mean to argue with you or anything. I guess I sometimes just don't know when to shut up. :rolleyes:

edit: oops... didn't hit enter soon enough. sorry to take this away from topic again. feel free to ignore this post an move on with the thread, haha

[greengirl_79]

Sioux Falls 5-22-06

I'm trying to remember it as close to their actual words as I can, but this should be pretty close.

Chris: So, how are you guys doing out there?
(Audience cheers)
Chris: I don't know why I asked that question. I don't know what I would have done if you guys had said, Uh, we're doing okay. I guess, it's just a musician's insecurity. What I really mean is, Do you love me?
(Audience cheers)
Sara: Yeah, from now on you should just get right to the real question. Just ask them if they love you.
(Audience laughs)
Chris: Do you love Sean?
(Audience cheers)
Chris: I know you love Sean. I've been watching the way all you girls are looking at Sean and it's making me jealous.
Woman in the Audience: We love the bass player.
Chris: You love the bass player? Kinky.

[Sweet93]

Originally posted by NCkitty
I thought Sean was the good one in the band :D he like never talks


i dont talk all that much and i swear sometimes...(ehh...a little too often)

Originally posted by AdeleEiser
Not comparing Mr. Watkins to a serial killer of course, just making a point. :p


maybe he lives a life the public eye doesnt know about... lol just kidding

Originally posted by NCkitty
hey! hes still a sweetie! :D he doesn't really cuss a lot unlike someone *cough*Chris*cough*

awww but chris is pretty sweet most of the time too :D

well...we can all agree on this: they make great music [noise]

[thedownsideband]

Ahhh, man... I hate it when we talk about my physical idols cursing. I doesn't make me feel good.

[NCkitty]

Originally posted by thedownsideband
Ahhh, man... I hate it when we talk about my physical idols cursing. I doesn't make me feel good.

I hate it when they cuss.

[thedownsideband]

I don't know why a person who plays publicly would cuss! I mean, the only thing that happens is that it offends people. If you didn't cuss, it wouldn't offend anyone... well... maybe Hitler because he was so evil.

Ha ha ha... that's funny.

It's the same with them drinking, but I can handle that.

They are still amazing, though.

[NCkitty]

Originally posted by thedownsideband
I don't know why a person who plays publicly would cuss! I mean, the only thing that happens is that it offends people. If you didn't cuss, it wouldn't offend anyone... well... maybe Hitler because he was so evil.

Ha ha ha... that's funny.

It's the same with them drinking, but I can handle that.

They are still amazing, though.

I'm really not good with swearing or drinking. :o why would anyone do that?? :|

[thedownsideband]

Oh, I'm not good with swearing or drinking, either! I hate it so much... The first time was on Chris's On Ice ... Man that was a sad moment. I was waiting so long to get Deceiver and then I got it and I get that crap! I don't want to be singing it and then exchange cursing for better words. That's just annoying...

Like I said, it only offends people.

When I got WSTFD, the first thing I did was look for cuss words. And there was none, I felt so happy! I don't like the message of Doubting Thomas (Although I still respect him for his truthful opinion), and everything else is awesome.

I remember at my first Nickel Creek concert Chris said that the real Toxic song kicked major Bum , and my hearyt sunk. But I liked how everyone boo-ed him after he said it.

[Sweet93]

Oh wait i got another quote..it went something like this:

Chris: The next song is This Side, written by the amazing Sean Watkins.

*Crowd Cheers*

Sean: I wrote this song after watching The Matrix

Sara: I saw that movie and I didnt like it.

Sean: You liked it and you know it.

oh wait, there's another one:

Chris: I wrote this song while drinking a ton of coffee. But now i my doctor told me to stop drinking coffee. When I went to the doctor, it was like taking off skin. 'do drink caffien?' yes *makes a scraping kind of noise* 'do you drink beer after a performance?' well, sometimes *makes the same noise again* I thought he was going to take my little brother away. I dont know if i'll make it through the song, but with a little support, I think I will.

*goes on to play Stumptown and makes sad faces during the song*

[PrincessNic]

Originally posted by thedownsideband

I don't like the message of Doubting Thomas (Although I still respect him for his truthful opinion), and everything else is awesome.



I agree about the swearing for the most part. It is kind of annoying having to change the words when you are singing along with it.

But what don't you like about Doubting Thomas? That song has touched me in many different ways. Everytime I listen to it, it is like pealing off another layer of the song. I always get something different out of it.

[buttermuffin4]

Yeah, swearing sucks. I sugarcoat my curse words. :D

[NCkitty]

Originally posted by thedownsideband
Oh, I'm not good with swearing or drinking, either! I hate it so much... The first time was on Chris's On Ice ... Man that was a sad moment. I was waiting so long to get Deceiver and then I got it and I get that crap! I don't want to be singing it and then exchange cursing for better words. That's just annoying...


oh. me too. :(

[Bubbles]

Guys, please stick to the topic. People are supposed to be sharing NC quotes, not debating/discussing who agrees with cursing and who doesn't.

[iamblt]

this isn't really a quote...but when I saw him and Mike Marshall live in..March I think, they were just finishing up this really beautiful song, and right in the last like few seconds someone's phone rang really loud. No one really said anything but when they finished Chris pretended to start crying, then did an EXACT imitation of the ringer. It was a raelly crazy ringer, too. And of course everyone laughed and he kept on doing it, haha. I bet the person whose phone it was felt really embarassed. :rolleyes:

[NCkitty]

Originally posted by Sweet93



Chris: I wrote this song while drinking a ton of coffee. But now i my doctor told me to stop drinking coffee. When I went to the doctor, it was like taking off skin. 'do drink caffien?' yes *makes a scraping kind of noise* 'do you drink beer after a performance?' well, sometimes *makes the same noise again* I thought he was going to take my little brother away. I dont know if i'll make it through the song, but with a little support, I think I will.

*goes on to play Stumptown and makes sad faces during the song*

I feel Bad for him and his coffee obsession. ^^

[ChrisT_rox]

Don't know where I got this, and it's not funny, but I like it nonetheless.

We are tempted to distance ourselves from the things that are truly powerful and beautiful in life. Faith is certainly one of those things. Faith is huge, and so are friendships and our family relationships. ... Anything that is truly worthwhile is both powerful and dangerous at the same time. Anything that is truly beautiful and lovely can also turn twisted and ugly. But we can't hide from all of that. That's what is real. -Chris Thile

[iamalighthouse]

^Wow that's nice! And so serious after so many of these other quotes......
<><

[thedownsideband]

This was from a show in April-

Chris-I'm pretty sick tonight, so my banter is gonna suck, so...
Sara-Oh, that's too bad...
Chris-But is that gonna keep me from talking? No! I'm still gonna talk random thoughts like alwa-
Sean-But the real question is, is that gonna keep you from Rocking? And the answer is: NO.

(crowd cheers)

Chris- Yeah, I'm on an extreme addiction of Halls Cough Drops. And I-
Sara-I think it says on the back to take one every four hours...
Chris-Yeah...
Sara-No seriously(laughing), it says 1 every 4 hours!
Chris-Well I've been takin' like 1 every four minutes!

(crowd laughs)

Yeah it really sucks right now because they are 10 minutes away, and I can't go because of the freakin' casino age limits. AAAAAHHHHHH! Imagine if you were in my situation! Makes me so mad!

[UpInYourHeart]

Originally posted by thedownsideband
Yeah it really sucks right now because they are 10 minutes away, and I can't go because of the freakin' casino age limits. AAAAAHHHHHH! Imagine if you were in my situation! Makes me so mad!

Sorry hun, if it makes you feel any better, I don't get to go to the show in Iowa City on Sunday - it's not too far away from you is it? maybe you can make the trek, free show!

[Meghan Narser]

I recently caved and joined 'youtube' this allows me to make playlists and stuff, I don't actually have any videos up, because I'm way too lame cool for that lol.
Anyway, this has to do with NC really, because with the making of playlists comes the making of an NC playlist, which means I came across a lot of NC vids.
I'll transcribe one I thought was really funny, from what I understand moments before the person started filming Sara had broken a string.

Chris : On the fiddle string breaking is quite a rare thing
Chris /Sara: Mumble things I can't understand due to cheering of crowd
Sara: It appears that a ukelele song is now in order seeing as I have no fiddle to play for the next little while... our guitar tech has been... uh... promoted, he's now a fiddle tech (Away from mike) It's a promotion! How's it going of there Cheif? (Starts to play the Uke) Aha... holy crap...
Chris : Crap, Frig... What is she going to say next? I don't want to know. Not for these virgin ears (Makes faces to someone in the audience for awhile, kinda of Shh, that's between you and me, don't tell everyone faces)
Random fan: It's a loo ow (I'm sorry, I have no idea how to spell it)
Sara: (Confused face)
Sean : (Stepping up to the mike) What?
Random fan: It's a loo ow
Sara: Oh the ukelele
((Playing of Anthony))
Sara: (Runs off stage to look for her fiddle)
Chris : We're doing some set list rearranging
Sean : Folks I have a solo record, .... and umm, it's for sale, way up there, up the hill... and after the show I'll be shamelessly promoting it right before you all. somethingorother... one second, let me find out how the how the fiddle progression is going. (Walking away from mike) Hey how is...
Chief: (In the background) I'm sorry!
Chris : Sean has visions of album release party
Sean : (coming back) I was actually going to play the whole album in sequence if she wasn't coming... if she wasn't quite ready. I'm just going to you know give you some extra time Sara!
Chris : Actually he was going to put the cd in.
Sean : I was going to grab a chair, and we were all going to go out there and have a glass of wine, and kick back and listen
Chris : {something I couldn't catch... I think he said something about shirtless girls, but the audio isn't that great, and that seems unlikely lol} and share the whole thing
Sean : I brought some-
Chris : The lyrics and something-else-I-didn't-catch-but-sounded-like-'fishsticks' (Nods)
Sean : I brought like a visual add, I was going to put up a projector we were going to watch the screen, some you know, images I thought went well with the music
Chris : Hey this song! This song! (Voices goes quavery) I wrote this one for you...
Sean : Yea... Okay... so this is uh... here it is. (Plays Hello...Goodbye)

If you want to see check out:
Live Nickel Creek 07.01.06 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpAQ8IDqxMw)

[Loekjeii]

Peoria Show (8-04-06):

Chris: We're going to finish up with a song from my new album, which comes out Sept. 12th-

Annoying Girl: LIGHT-HOUSE!

Chris: Sadly, I have not chosen to re-record Lighthouse on my new record. Sorry.

[iamalighthouse]

^Wow that's pretty funny. I know he's got to be REALLY sick of playing that song, but I wish he'd record the sequel.
<><

[ThisSide]

*bump*

Something from High Sierra 2006

Sara: Don't want no short people
Chris:*points to Sean*

Sorry if this next one's a bit off, but you get the gist...
(After singing This Side and before Somebody More Like You)

Sean: And this is another song...of...uh...my writing.
Sara: That's...that's kind of braggy, Sean.
Sean: That's not braggy.
Sara: O.K...
Chris: Let's just play.

Okay, it's off by a lot, but still-- you get the gist.

[steindawg]

two recent ones from Chris with the HTGAB.

before heart beats in its cage...

Chris: We notice some younger members in our audience today, and loath am I to censor another man's words so......earmuffs.

and at the end of one of his ridiculous solos

Chris: I ran out of frets!!!