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 one that captured the feeling of the original tune.
Sometimes you gotta be an s.o.b., you wanna make a dream reality - Mark Knopfler
Sometimes you gotta be an s.o.b., you wanna make a dream reality
- 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 St… - 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 St…
Sometimes you're the windshield; sometimes you're the bug. - Mark Knopfler
Sometimes you're the windshield; sometimes you're the bug.
My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues. - Mark Knopfler
My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues.
When you point your finger 'cause your plan fell through You got three more fingers pointing back at you! - Mark Knopfler
When you point your finger 'cause your plan fell through You got three more fingers pointing back at you!
What I always try to do is to respond to the song; I've always rebelled against theory. - Mark Knopfler
What I always try to do is to respond to the song; I've always rebelled against theory.
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
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…
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
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 …
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. - Mark Knopfler
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.
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