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Top 25 Mark Knopfler Quotes (2025 Update)

Mark Knopfler Quote: “There’s so many different worlds, so many different suns. And we have just one world, but we live in different ones.”

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

— Mark Knopfler

Mark Knopfler Quote: “Sometimes you’re the windshield; sometimes you’re the bug.”

2. “Sometimes you’re the windshield; sometimes you’re the bug.”

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Mark Knopfler Quote: “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.”

3. “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.”

— Mark Knopfler

Mark Knopfler Quote: “When you point your finger ’cause your plan fell through You got three more fingers pointing back at you!”

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

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Mark Knopfler Quote: “Then came the churches, then came the schools, then came the lawyers, then came the rules.”

5. “Then came the churches, then came the schools, then came the lawyers, then came the rules.”

— Mark Knopfler

Mark Knopfler Quote: “There’s so many different worlds...”

6. “There’s so many different worlds...”

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Mark Knopfler Quote: “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.”

7. “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.”

— Mark Knopfler

Mark Knopfler Quote: “I shoulda learned to play the guitar.”

8. “I shoulda learned to play the guitar.”

— Mark Knopfler

Mark Knopfler Quote: “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.”

9. “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.”

— Mark Knopfler

Mark Knopfler Quote: “My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues.”

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

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Mark Knopfler Quote: “What I always try to do is to respond to the song; I’ve always rebelled against theory.”

11. “What I always try to do is to respond to the song; I’ve always rebelled against theory.”

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Mark Knopfler Quote: “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.”

12. “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.”

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Mark Knopfler Quote: “My playing is fairly straightforward, really, and everything’s pretty much standard no frills or special effects.”

13. “My playing is fairly straightforward, really, and everything’s pretty much standard no frills or special effects.”

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Mark Knopfler Quote: “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 happens is good.”

14. “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 happens is good.”

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Mark Knopfler Quote: “I love Gibsons, and Nationals, too. There’s something magical about them.”

15. “I love Gibsons, and Nationals, too. There’s something magical about them.”

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Mark Knopfler Quote: “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.”

16. “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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Mark Knopfler Quote: “There happened to be guitar classes at the college, and there was a guitar teacher there with whom I used to play. In addition, I also would go out into country schools and teach little kids basic guitar and singing a few times a week.”

17. “There happened to be guitar classes at the college, and there was a guitar teacher there with whom I used to play. In addition, I also would go out into country schools and teach little kids basic guitar and singing a few times a week.”

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Mark Knopfler Quote: “Well, I was born in Scotland and spent the first six years of my life there. Then I went to Newcastle-On-Tyne in northeast England, close to Scotland.”

18. “Well, I was born in Scotland and spent the first six years of my life there. Then I went to Newcastle-On-Tyne in northeast England, close to Scotland.”

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Mark Knopfler Quote: “I’m also getting an Ovation Legend, because I like them so much.”

19. “I’m also getting an Ovation Legend, because I like them so much.”

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Mark Knopfler Quote: “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.”

20. “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.”

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Mark Knopfler Quote: “Every guitar I own gets used and has its purpose.”

21. “Every guitar I own gets used and has its purpose.”

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Mark Knopfler Quote: “I’m not a collector, however, and I have no desire to own 50 or 60 guitars.”

22. “I’m not a collector, however, and I have no desire to own 50 or 60 guitars.”

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Mark Knopfler Quote: “I even played bass for a while. Besides playing electric guitar, I’d also get asked to play some acoustic stuff. But, since I didn’t have an acoustic guitar at the time, I used to borrow one from a friend so I could play folk joints.”

23. “I even played bass for a while. Besides playing electric guitar, I’d also get asked to play some acoustic stuff. But, since I didn’t have an acoustic guitar at the time, I used to borrow one from a friend so I could play folk joints.”

— Mark Knopfler

Mark Knopfler Quote: “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 Straits was formed in 1977.”

24. “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 Straits was formed in 1977.”

— Mark Knopfler

Mark Knopfler Quote: “I was into playing American music, especially the blues.”

25. “I was into playing American music, especially the blues.”

— Mark Knopfler

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