Dire Quote by Kiona

I don't really think of Dire Straits as a sound, you know. It. just depends on the song, and the stuff we're doing is…

— Mark Knopfler

There are times, like with Dire Straits, where you can get as close as you can be to being good at your instrument and…

— Taylor Goldsmith

Superficial pop will always exist - there've always been Fabians - but when people like Dire Straits and Bruce Hornsby start having hits, it…

— Bonnie Raitt

“Sometimes I see it as a tricky mountain pass beween two valleys. Other times, it's like perilous straits connecting two lands. Partly it's the…

— Ann Brashares

Nobody else is stupid enough to get themselves into the straits that I get into.

— Bear Grylls

“To cement my point, Dire Straits came on and after Perry proclaimed her sudden (and surprising) love for the band, the douchefucker stood up…

— Karina Halle

Dire Straits is a great band. Someone tells you they like ""Brothers in Arms"" and immediately you know they're a stupid annoying git.

— Alexei Sayle

While I was into many different types of music, and played with many different local groups, I really didn't have a band to call…

— Mark Knopfler

Old-school Dire Straits songs are on heavy rotation: 'So Far Away,' 'Romeo and Juliet' and of course 'Sultans of Swing.'

— Nazanin Boniadi

I grew up in Los Angeles, and I was always fascinated by the La Brea Tar Pits. Right in the middle of the city,…

— Greg van Eekhout

Music was my salvation. If music hadn't come into my life, I'd be talking to you from a penitentiary. I found I had a…

— Corey Taylor

I can be almost terminally grief-stricken because things are so dire, but at the same time, there's a real lightheartedness about just the recoverability…

— Alice Walker