My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues. Mark Knopfler More Quotes by Mark Knopfler More Quotes From Mark Knopfler 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 full of amazing guitar players, and you know it, and I know it...it's a humbling experience. Mark Knopfler guitarmusicplayer 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. Mark Knopfler definitionswould-bereality There's so many different worlds, so many different suns. And we have just one world, but we live in different ones. Mark Knopfler diversitydifferentworld 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. Mark Knopfler secretlawsong Sometimes you're the windshield; sometimes you're the bug. Mark Knopfler bugshumorousfunny What I always try to do is to respond to the song; I've always rebelled against theory. Mark Knopfler rebelsongtrying 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 regretdreamjobs A Strat was a thing of wonder .. when I was 14 or 15, the Shadows were a big influence, and they had the first Strats that came to England. I like to play all kinds of guitars, but I wasn't getting the sound I really wanted until I got a Stratocaster Mark Knopfler guitarmusicplay I shoulda learned to play the guitar. Mark Knopfler guitarplay Sometimes you gotta be an s.o.b., you wanna make a dream reality Mark Knopfler dreammotivationalreality 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 playpeoplethinking 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 groupsbanddifferent 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 a place for us, you know the movie song. When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet? Mark Knopfler starslove-yousong Then came the churches, then came the schools, then came the lawyers, then came the rules. Mark Knopfler lawyerchurchschool Last time I was sober, man I felt bad, Mark Knopfler hangoverdrinkingnight 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, change the instrument - go from an acoustic to an electric or vice versa, or try an open tuning ... do something to shake it up. Mark Knopfler musicplaysong When you point your finger 'cause your plan fell through You got three more fingers pointing back at you! Mark Knopfler fingerscausesthree 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 soundsongthinking 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 bassguitarplay 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 swingsguitarsong
