I always liked the magic of poetry but now I'm just starting to see behind the curtain of even the best poets, how they've used, tried and tested craft to create the illusion. Wonderful feeling of exhilaration to finally be… — David Knopfler Copy Share Image
In some ways it's taken me decades to come clean and make honest work - and still to this day, sometimes I find myself wanting to hide behind my work and deny the more biographical aspects. — David Knopfler Copy Share Image
Now I'm having to live with sales of around 50,000 per album - but I'm pretty content with my place in the general scheme… — David Knopfler Copy Share Image
Oh yeah - for sure - hardly a week doesn't go by when I don't hear something wonderful that someone has made in some… — David Knopfler Copy Share Image
So why sign your name in blood for more? It seemed like a sensible arrangement for me. I didn't sell large numbers of records… — David Knopfler Copy Share Image
I feel like I'm stepping into a place of spiritual contemplation every time I enter a studio; it's always had a certain magic to… — David Knopfler Copy Share Image
I always liked the magic of poetry but now I'm just starting to see behind the curtain of even the best poets, how they've… — David Knopfler Copy Share Image
Whatever the opposite of regret is best describes how I've always felt about that decision - it opened me up to a million creative… — David Knopfler Copy Share Image
Gandhi was only minding his own business when he took a walk to get some salt and ended up overthrowing the British Empire. You… — David Knopfler Copy Share Image
My faith, inasmuch as I have any, is more like a kind of Joseph Campbell thing, and even that frequently finds itself tested to… — David Knopfler Copy Share Image
There's nothing like doing something wrong to learn how it might be done better. — David Knopfler Copy Share Image
I work in the margins. The margins are where you'll find the nice people. You'll find real friends. You'll find honesty. You'll find integrity.… — David Knopfler Copy Share Image
I didn't really escape that gravity until I moved 300 miles south to go to college at 18, where authorship no longer seemed something… — David Knopfler Copy Share Image
