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..

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

Each song has its own secret that's different from another song, and each has its own life. Sometimes it has to be teased out, whereas other times it….

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

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

Sometimes you're the windshield; sometimes you're the bug..

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 St….

The music you make is shaped by what you play it on ... if you feel that you're not getting enough out of a song, change the instrument - go from an ….

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

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

Every guitar I own gets used and has its purpose..

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..

Last time I was sober, man I felt bad, Worst hangover that I ever had. It took six hamburgers, Scotch all night, Nicotine for breakfast just to….

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,….

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

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 happe….

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

As far as being a 'player's player,' you've only got to go to Nashville or Argentina and you can forget about it. The world is full of amazing guitar….

I left for the same reasons everyone leaves jobs that are no longer fulfilling their hopes and aspirations. I didn't see myself spending the rest of ….

While listening, to things like western swing, for instance, I'd work something out in my head, then play it on my National; not the same song, but o….

A Strat was a thing of wonder .. when I was 14 or 15, the Shadows were a big influence, and they had the first Strats that came to England. I like to….