Top 32 Quotes by Mark Knopfler

About Mark Knopfler

These are some quotes by British author Mark Knopfler Musician, who was born on August 12, 1949.

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

Instead of receding, the past actually becomes more important. That's what will happen to you. It sounds unlikely, but the past actually changes complexion as you get older.

Instead of receding, the past actually becomes more important. That's what will happen to you. It sounds unlikely, but the past actually changes complexion as you get older.

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 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

I had a lot of jobs before I got into music. When I was 15, I was a copy boy for the 'Evening Chronicle' in Newcastle. Then I was a journalist. I value those experiences - I got to see how the world works.

Mark Knopfler

Whenever a political regime or religious establishment refuses to tolerate criticism, it advertises itself as repressive, backward, and insecure.

Whenever a political regime or religious establishment refuses to tolerate criticism, it advertises itself as repressive, backward, and insecure.

Mark Knopfler

I was into playing American music, especially the blues.

I was into playing American music, especially 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 still enjoy playing some of those early Straits songs, and I'm proud of what we did, and certainly we had some great times. It's what we all wanted when we were kids. But you've got to have the resilience to ride that thing, to pick up that ball and run with it. Because you will keep picking it up and keep running.

Mark Knopfler

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

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