5 Quotes by Mark Knopfler about music


  • Author Mark Knopfler
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    Now the sun's gone to hell andThe moon's riding highLet me bid you farewellEvery man has to dieBut it's written in the starlightAnd every line in your palmWe are fools to make warOn our brothers in arms

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  • Author Mark Knopfler
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    ...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 acoustic to an electric or vice versa, or try an open tuning ... do something to shake it up...

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  • Author Mark Knopfler
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    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 play all kinds of guitars, but I wasn't getting the sound I really wanted until I got a Stratocaster

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