"What I always try to do is to……" — Mark Knopfler
"What I always try to do is to respond to the song; I've always rebelled against theory."
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25 Quotes by Mark Knopfler
Mark Knopfler has 25 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
- 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…
- 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…
- A Strat was a thing of wonder .. when I was 14 or 15, the Shadows were a big influence,…
- ...the music you make is shaped by what you play it on ... if you feel that you're not getting…
- 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…
- Juliet, when we made love, you used to cry. You said, "I love you like the stars above, I'll love…
- 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…
- I even played bass for a while. Besides playing electric guitar, I'd also get asked to play some acoustic stuff.…