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…

- Mark Knopfler

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

- Mark Knopfler

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

- Mark Knopfler

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

- Mark Knopfler

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

- Mark Knopfler

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

- Mark Knopfler

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…

- Mark Knopfler

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 …

- Mark Knopfler

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…

- Mark Knopfler