Gandhi was only minding his own business when he took a walk to get some salt and ended up overthrowing the British Empire. You can't set out to overthrow an empire, but if you have to get some salt then… — David Knopfler Copy Share Image
Now that I'm staring down the barrel of the last act of my life, I'm less excited about control and solo effort, and I resent the way the business aspects interfere with my space for creative writing. — 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
