Author: Mark Knopfler

Quotes

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

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

- Mark Knopfler

The music just tends to be a vehicle for that poetry.

The music just tends to be a vehicle for that poetry.

- Mark Knopfler

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

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

- Mark Knopfler

After a while, though, the group just wasn't a good vehicle for the songs I'd written.

After a while, though, the group just wasn't a good vehicle for the songs I'd written.

- Mark Knopfler

I was into playing American music, especially the blues.

I was into playing American music, especially the blues.

- Mark Knopfler

I actually spend as much time listening to new music as to old. Probably more. I just try to get something out of it all.

I actually spend as much time listening to new music as to old. Probably more. I just try to get something out of it all.

- Mark Knopfler

If you're thinking the road ahead is a little shorter than the one behind you, you're thinking about trying to write a good song and hoping to make a decent record of it.

If you're thinking the road ahead is a little shorter than the one behind you, you're thinking about trying to write a good song and hoping to make a decent record of it.

- Mark Knopfler

The 'music industry' is not a term I use. I tend to concentrate on music, and the music business is something different.

The 'music industry' is not a term I use. I tend to concentrate on music, and the music business is something different.

- Mark Knopfler

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.

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

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