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.

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.

Mark Knopfler

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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 like to buy records for people, make a present of the music.

I like to buy records for people, make a present of the music.

Mark Knopfler

I don't know whether your heart ever necessarily changes, but time changes the way that you perceive the world. And you just hope it gives you more empathy and all those other things.

I don't know whether your heart ever necessarily changes, but time changes the way that you perceive the world. And you just hope it gives you more empathy and all those other things.

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

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