Mark Knopfler Quotes

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Mark Knopfler

Profession : Musician

Birth : August 12, 1949

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

Mark Knopfler

We used to play in a theater club in London called The King's Head. When the theater let nut, around 10:00 P.M., we'd be ready to go and really get it on for about an hour or so.

Mark Knopfler

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

Mark Knopfler

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

Mark Knopfler

I was into playing American music, especially the blues.

Mark Knopfler

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

Mark Knopfler

Every guitar I own gets used and has its purpose.

Mark Knopfler

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

Mark Knopfler

I don't know that I read more than the average person. I don't think I do very much. I tend to read more when I'm on holiday. That's when I can go through books like you wouldn't believe. I read a bit of everything, but the novel has always been very important to me.

Mark Knopfler

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

Mark Knopfler

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