78 Quotes by Mark Knopfler

And another thing: Stay responsive to any environment that comes along, and try to reflect what you feel in a wide variety of styles and songs.

There’s so many different worlds, so many different suns. And we have just one world, but we live in different ones.

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

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.

There’s so many different worlds...

I used to go to the school folk club with my songs when I was only 13 or so and say “this is a traditional folk song” and sing it with a bad Irish accent to disguise the real source.

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 might come fast. There are no laws about songwriting or producing. It depends on what you’re doing, not just who you’re doing.

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

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.