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> [Whatever the opposite of regret is best describes how I've always felt about that decision - it opened me up to a million creative opportunities I needed to experience away from the bull and distorting mirrors that fame engenders.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-knopfler/whatever-the-opposite-of-regret-is-best-describes-how-i-ve-always/)

[David Knopfler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-knopfler/)

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## More by David Knopfler

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-knopfler/now-i-m-having-to-live-with-sales-of-around-50-000-per-album-but-i-m/)

[David Knopfler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-knopfler/)

> [Oh yeah - for sure - hardly a week doesn't go by when I don't hear something wonderful that someone has made in some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-knopfler/oh-yeah-for-sure-hardly-a-week-doesn-t-go-by-when-i-don-t-hear/)

[David Knopfler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-knopfler/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-knopfler/so-why-sign-your-name-in-blood-for-more-it-seemed-like-a-sensible/)

[David Knopfler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-knopfler/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-knopfler/i-feel-like-i-m-stepping-into-a-place-of-spiritual-contemplation/)

[David Knopfler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-knopfler/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-knopfler/i-always-liked-the-magic-of-poetry-but-now-i-m-just-starting-to-see/)

[David Knopfler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-knopfler/)

> [Whatever the opposite of regret is best describes how I've always felt about that decision - it opened me up to a million creative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-knopfler/whatever-the-opposite-of-regret-is-best-describes-how-i-ve-always/)

[David Knopfler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-knopfler/)

> [Gandhi was only minding his own business when he took a walk to get some salt and ended up overthrowing the British Empire. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-knopfler/gandhi-was-only-minding-his-own-business-when-he-took-a-walk-to-get/)

[David Knopfler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-knopfler/)

> [Trust the tale, not the teller.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-knopfler/trust-the-tale-not-the-teller/)

[David Knopfler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-knopfler/)

> [My faith, inasmuch as I have any, is more like a kind of Joseph Campbell thing, and even that frequently finds itself tested to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-knopfler/my-faith-inasmuch-as-i-have-any-is-more-like-a-kind-of-joseph/)

[David Knopfler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-knopfler/)

> [There's nothing like doing something wrong to learn how it might be done better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-knopfler/there-s-nothing-like-doing-something-wrong-to-learn-how-it-might-be/)

[David Knopfler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-knopfler/)

> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-knopfler/i-work-in-the-margins-the-margins-are-where-you-ll-find-the-nice/)

[David Knopfler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-knopfler/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-knopfler/i-didn-t-really-escape-that-gravity-until-i-moved-300-miles-south-to/)

[David Knopfler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-knopfler/)

> [I'd make a terrible practitioner of any religion in any formal setting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-knopfler/i-d-make-a-terrible-practitioner-of-any-religion-in-any-formal-setting/)

[David Knopfler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-knopfler/)

> [If you feel driven and compelled to make your work and to be fiercely original and have something unique to say, in a compelling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-knopfler/if-you-feel-driven-and-compelled-to-make-your-work-and-to-be-fiercely/)

[David Knopfler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-knopfler/)

> [I took the process of doing as much myself as I could like a duck to water. I set up my own label and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-knopfler/i-took-the-process-of-doing-as-much-myself-as-i-could-like-a-duck-to/)

[David Knopfler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-knopfler/)

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