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I bad a piano long before I ba...

I bad a piano long before I bad a guitar, and the practice I got just playing those three chords in a basic 12-bar blues song was very important.

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I don't really think of Dire S...

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 so varied.

Mark Knopfler 57 quotes

My playing is fairly straightf...

My playing is fairly straightforward, really, and everything's pretty much standard no frills or special effects.

Mark Knopfler 57 quotes

Well, I was born in Scotland a...

Well, I was born in Scotland and spent the first six years of my life there. Then I went to Newcastle-On-Tyne in northeast England, close to Scotland.

Mark Knopfler 57 quotes

While I was into many differen...

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 my own until Dire Straits was formed in 1977.

Mark Knopfler 57 quotes

I love Gibsons, and Nationals,...

I love Gibsons, and Nationals, too. There's something magical about them.

Mark Knopfler 57 quotes

While listening, to things lik...

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 song, but one that captured the feeling of the original tune.

Mark Knopfler 57 quotes

I even played bass for a while...

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 an acoustic guitar at the time, I used to borrow one from a friend so I could play folk joints.

Mark Knopfler 57 quotes

I left for the same reasons ev...

I left for the same reasons everyone leaves jobs that are no longer fulfilling their hopes and aspirations. I didn't see myself spending the rest of my life being a strummer for someone else's dreams. 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 bullshit and distorting mirrors that fame engenders.

Mark Knopfler 57 quotes

I just want to be able to play...

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. And, usually, what happens is good.

Mark Knopfler 57 quotes

I don't like definitions, but ...

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, to change it, rather than having it imposed upon you. You can't really ask for more than.

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Each song has its own secret t...

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 other times it might come fast. There are no laws about songwriting or producing. It depends on what you're doing, not just who you're doing.

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My idea of heaven is a place w...

My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues.

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Sometimes you're the windshiel...

Sometimes you're the windshield; sometimes you're the bug.

Mark Knopfler 57 quotes

What I always try to do is to ...

What I always try to do is to respond to the song; I've always rebelled against theory.

Mark Knopfler 57 quotes

There's so many different worl...

There's so many different worlds...

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Last time I was sober, man I f...

Last time I was sober, man I felt bad,
Worst hangover that I ever had.
It took six hamburgers, Scotch all night,
Nicotine for breakfast just to put me right.

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I'm also getting an Ovation Le...

I'm also getting an Ovation Legend, because I like them so much.

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Sometimes you gotta be an s.o....

Sometimes you gotta be an s.o.b., you wanna make a dream reality

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There's so many different worl...

There's so many different worlds, so many different suns. And we have just one world, but we live in different ones.

Mark Knopfler 57 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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