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

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

Mark Knopfler quotes: There should be laughter after pain, there should be sunlight after rain, these things have always been the same, so why worry now?[Why Worry?]

There should be laughter after pain, there should be sunlight after rain, these things have always been the same, so why worry now?
[Why Worry?]

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

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

Mark Knopfler quotes: 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 quotes: When you point your finger 'cause your plan fell through You got three more fingers pointing back at you!

When you point your finger 'cause your plan fell through You got three more fingers pointing back at you!

Mark Knopfler quotes: Sometimes you gotta be an s.o.b., you wanna make a dream reality

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

Mark Knopfler quotes: I'm not a collector, however, and I have no desire to own 50 or 60 guitars.

I'm not a collector, however, and I have no desire to own 50 or 60 guitars.

Mark Knopfler quotes: Then came the churches, then came the schools, then came the lawyers, then came the rules.

Then came the churches, then came the schools, then came the lawyers, then came the rules.

Mark Knopfler quotes: The music just tends to be a vehicle for that poetry.

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

Mark Knopfler quotes: I'm also getting an Ovation Legend, because I like them so much.

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

Mark Knopfler quotes: I was into playing American music, especially the blues.

I was into playing American music, especially the blues.

Mark Knopfler quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I shoulda learned to play the guitar.

I shoulda learned to play the guitar.

Mark Knopfler quotes: 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 quotes: 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.

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.

Mark Knopfler quotes: No money in our jackets and our jeans are torn,Your hands are cold but your lips are warm.

No money in our jackets and our jeans are torn,
Your hands are cold but your lips are warm.

Mark Knopfler quotes: We prayed these wars would end all wars In war we know is no romance.(Done With Bonaparte)

We prayed these wars would end all wars
In war we know is no romance.
(Done With Bonaparte)

Mark Knopfler quotes: Every guitar I own gets used and has its purpose.

Every guitar I own gets used and has its purpose.

Mark Knopfler quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Sometimes you're the windshield. Sometimes your the bug.

Sometimes you're the windshield. Sometimes your the bug.

Mark Knopfler quotes: Juliet, the dice were loaded from the start. / When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?

Juliet, the dice were loaded from the start. / When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?

Mark Knopfler quotes: And what have you got at the end of the day?What have you got to take away?

And what have you got at the end of the day?
What have you got to take away?

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

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