Mark Knopfler Quotes

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• Sometimes you gotta be an s.o.b., you wanna make a dream reality
• There's so many different worlds, so many different suns. And we have just one world, but we live in different ones.
• Then came the churches, then came the schools, then came the lawyers, then came the rules.
• As far as being a 'player's player,' you've only got to go to Nashville or Argentina and you can forget about it. The world is…
• A Strat was a thing of wonder .. when I was 14 or 15, the Shadows were a big influence, and they had the first…
• ...the music you make is shaped by what you play it on ... if you feel that you're not getting enough out of a song,…
• What I always try to do is to respond to the song; I've always rebelled against theory.
• I'm also getting an Ovation Legend, because I like them so much.
• I just want to be able to play and make people feel good with what I do. When you're thinking that way, anything can happen.…
• Juliet, when we made love, you used to cry. You said, "I love you like the stars above, I'll love you 'til I die". There's…
• I love Gibsons, and Nationals, too. There's something magical about them.
• While listening, to things like western swing, for instance, I'd work something out in my head, then play it on my National; not the same…
• I even played bass for a while. Besides playing electric guitar, I'd also get asked to play some acoustic stuff. But, since I didn't have…
• There happened to be guitar classes at the college, and there was a guitar teacher there with whom I used to play. In addition, I…
• Every guitar I own gets used and has its purpose.
• I'm not a collector, however, and I have no desire to own 50 or 60 guitars.
• I was into playing American music, especially the blues.
• I don't like definitions, but if there is a definition of freedom, it would be when you have control over your reality to transform it,…
• Each song has its own secret that's different from another song, and each has its own life. Sometimes it has to be teased out, whereas…
• My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues.

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