Mark Knopfler
Related DEYTH BANGER If you're playing within your capability, what's the point? If you're not pushing your o... NIGEL KENNEDY Sometimes it's just harder to remind yourself about what you're doing and why you're doi... ANDRE AGASSI G-EAZY NEIL GAIMAN Sometimes you're gonna write a song and it's not gonna be right from the beginning. And you&... BENNY BLANCO ARETHA FRANKLIN Every project has to stand on its own. It's a different identity within each project, and I feel... VINCE STAPLES Any work that's worth doing has its challenges as well as its opportunities. That's true if ... CARLY FIORINA It's hard to say how certain stories just punch us in the heart and the brain at the same time a... T. C. BOYLE Each song is a small universe to me. Each song has a story of its own. Each has a full life to expre... DAMIEN RICE ED SHEERAN You know, it's hard sometimes to just detach yourself from what you're doing. KATEY SAGAL IDINA MENZEL AVICII You want the song to be at least at the same level of goodness throughout. Whereas with something yo... JOHN DARNIELLE A song has a life of its own. It's an autonomous thing, separate from your own experience, almos... ST. VINCENT JESSICA SIMPSON KID CUDI It's a city of its own and has its own sound. I think what makes it different is the drama; you ... BILLY PAUL I think in most cases, when you're writing a song, you're just making up a little story, and... ADAM SCHLESINGER the hardest part of this whole project. Each song has its own story, its own emotional content, its ... NEIL DIAMOND NATURI NAUGHTON HARRY STYLES STEWART BUTTERFIELD LEROY NEIMAN DEYTH BANGER Each language has its own take on the world. That's why a translation can never be absolutely ex... KATE GRENVILLE BILLIE JEAN KING There are many different kinds of radioactive waste and each has its own half-life so, just to be on... DAVID R. BROWER DIANNA AGRON When no one knows you, and you're just trying to break into stuff, it's so good because you ... CHRIS LILLEY JOHNNY CASH JOHN MCENROE JIMMY FALLON I've been doing sci-fi for two years, and there is always something big going on. The stakes are... BRIAN J. SMITH MEGAN FOX The one hit song that I have tremendous gratitude for is Boots, because it has a life of its own. It... NANCY SINATRA I think 'Tattoo's a song that can go so many different ways. Some people think of it as a br... JORDIN SPARKS The premise of anything you do - whether it's writing a song or any business - is ultimately tha... ISAAC HANSON SARAH HYLAND CARRIE UNDERWOOD JACKSON POLLOCK ROSEANNE BARR I don't care if it's somebody else's song. Most of the time, you'll find that I'... TAJ MAHAL AARON RODGERS I always felt that if somebody picks on you it's because they're not happy doing what they&#... BENJAMIN WALKER Do good 'cause God wants you to be happy. When you come to church, when you worship Him, you'... VICTORIA OSTEEN If you're doing something like 'Arcadia' by Tom Stoppard, which has been done millions a... BEL POWLEY ALAN RICKMAN KARL PILKINGTON JOHN LASSETER JOE LOUIS So many times, when you're doing a job, you feel like you're a nuisance at times to people, ... CRAIG SAGER The one mistake you must never make is to agree to make a film or sign on to film that you don't... PAUL GREENGRASS When you're taking a fence on a horse, you don't think much; your body does all the thinking... PATRICK O'BRIAN JULIA STILES I. M. PEI DREW BARRYMORE No matter what you're doing. I feel that everyone has something different that moves them or tha... EDY GANEM YAEL NAIM PRINCE BENNY GREEN Music is its own language - if you don't speak it, it's hard to say what you're trying t... ZEDD TEDDY THOMPSON Where I come from you're not raised to think on your own. It's not that you're pushed to... ABEL FERRARA MARTINA NAVRATILOVA There are times in my life when I haven't been happy. Sometimes it's not even physical, it&#... JOSIE LOREN DIMEBAG DARRELL JOSS WHEDON AURORA One minute we're over here, the next minute we're doing something completely different. But ... LES PAUL It don't matter if you put 'The Dance' out, or any old George Strait song. Someone is go... THOMAS RHETT MARTIN SCORSESE JAMES B. CONNANT Each honest calling, each walk of life, has its own elite, its own aristocracy based on excellence o... JAMES BRYANT CONANT Each outing is its own game. You roll on your game plan. It is a different chess match each time you... JASON HAMMEL When you're talking about Tim Burton, you're talking about a guy that has such a visual sens... JACKIE EARLE HALEY JOYCE MEYER TOMMY LEE The best song is what resonates with that one person the most. It's why, if you ask a million pe... VINCE STAPLES BLAKE SHELTON But time is yet another of God's creations, and as such, it has a life of its own. MENACHEM MENDEL SCHNEERSON Actors are always grabbing each other on stage, looking in each other's eyes, making a moment so... EDWARD HERRMANN I love words. They're fun. I don't think any word can just be filler. There's no room fo... KACEY MUSGRAVES MARY ELLEN MARK ADAM MCKAY Sometimes when you're writing a song and that song comes into your head, it definitely comes fro... VANCE JOY MICHELLE DOCKERY DAVID MITCHELL A great song should make you stop everything that you're doing. You should be so into it that yo... KARA DIOGUARDI When doing a series, I look for something that has an idea you can think about, something that I'... DARREN STAR HALSEY R. KELLY The secret to our longevity is that we all like each other. When we're not working together we're no... GEORGE MILLAR 'Entrepreneur 'just denotes that you recognize that you're doing things across disciplin... PHARRELL WILLIAMS I like rock music because it's always sonically fascinating. There's never a method to what ... B.O.B NIKKI SIXX People expect us to be different, but we're not. We're very similar people, and it's bec... ADRIAN EDMONDSON LORENZO DI BONAVENTURA
More Mark Knopfler
I had a lot of jobs before I got into music. When I was 15, I was a copy boy for the 'Evening Ch... MARK KNOPFLER There's so many different worlds, so many different suns. And we have just one world, but we live in... MARK KNOPFLER I don't like definitions, but if there is a definition of freedom, it would be when you have con... MARK KNOPFLER My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues. MARK KNOPFLER I canceled the Russian shows because, from the days of the first Dire Straits album, I've suppor... MARK KNOPFLER For me, songwriting is really where it's at. I turn to use the guitar just to help me write the ... MARK KNOPFLER Sometimes you're the window; Sometimes you're the bug. MARK KNOPFLER My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues MARK KNOPFLER Everybody has their own ideas of Shangri-La ... I tried to teach myself to enjoy the present, enjoy ... MARK KNOPFLER I'm also getting an Ovation Legend, because I like them so much. MARK KNOPFLER I don't know whether your heart ever necessarily changes, but time changes the way that you perc... MARK KNOPFLER If you feel that you're not getting enough out of a song, change the instrument - go from an aco... MARK KNOPFLER The music just tends to be a vehicle for that poetry. MARK KNOPFLER Whenever a political regime or religious establishment refuses to tolerate criticism, it advertises ... MARK KNOPFLER What I always try to do is to respond to the song; I've always rebelled against theory. MARK KNOPFLER Instead of receding, the past actually becomes more important. That's what will happen to you. I... MARK KNOPFLER Sometimes you're the windshield. Sometimes your the bug. MARK KNOPFLER My faith, inasmuch as I have any, is more like a kind of Joseph Campbell thing, and even that freque... DAVID KNOPFLER I didn't really escape that gravity until I moved 300 miles south to go to college at 18, where ... DAVID KNOPFLER Whatever the opposite of regret is best describes how I've always felt about that decision - it ... DAVID KNOPFLER I always liked the magic of poetry but now I'm just starting to see behind the curtain of even t... DAVID KNOPFLER I took the process of doing as much myself as I could like a duck to water. I set up my own label an... DAVID KNOPFLER The school was prone to dishing out punishments for anything creative that didn't fit with expec... DAVID KNOPFLER Trust the tale, not the teller. DAVID KNOPFLER I don't know to what extent someone can BECOME an artist - you either are or you aren't - an... DAVID KNOPFLER So why sign your name in blood for more? It seemed like a sensible arrangement for me. I didn't ... DAVID KNOPFLER Oh yeah - for sure - hardly a week doesn't go by when I don't hear something wonderful that ... DAVID KNOPFLER In some ways it's taken me decades to come clean and make honest work - and still to this day, s... DAVID KNOPFLER I've been getting pretty focused about that recently, and even considered doing a masters degree... DAVID KNOPFLER I'd make a terrible practitioner of any religion in any formal setting. DAVID KNOPFLER There's nothing like doing something wrong to learn how it might be done better. DAVID KNOPFLER If you feel driven and compelled to make your work and to be fiercely original and have something un... DAVID KNOPFLER Now that I'm staring down the barrel of the last act of my life, I'm less excited about cont... DAVID KNOPFLER I feel like I'm stepping into a place of spiritual contemplation every time I enter a studio; it... DAVID KNOPFLER An internal breakthrough is a burden, an external one is a blessing. MARK I'm a city boy. I grew up in a big city, in Birmingham, and I want to write about a city. It'... MARK BILLINGHAM MARK TWAIN I miss both of my parents terribly every day, but especially as we approach Thanksgiving. We always ... MARK SHRIVER MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN We shall never change our political leaders until we change the people who elect them. MARK SKOUSEN The travel and tourism industry is the lifeblood of many states around the country - including Flori... MARK FOLEY MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK ZUCKERBERG MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK WARNER MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK ZUCKERBERG MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN There was a point when I was 15 or 16 that I realized that my father wanted me to be a loner. I deci... MARK VONNEGUT MARK ZANDI Human cultural diversity is vast; the range of cultural practices, beliefs, and languages that we sp... MARK PAGEL I made my name and reputation DJing in hip-hop clubs in New York. 'Celebrity DJ' is a term t... MARK RONSON MARK FRAUENFELDER MARK TWAIN I think a lot of people who say they are bisexual aren't. MARK GATISS MARK MCKINNON MARK TWAIN MARK ZUCKERBERG MARK HOPKINS Launching a Broadway show is like no other endeavor. It's taxing because you're present - it... MARK HAMILL What? No one wants my bouquet! Somebody better pick it up! Somebody better pick up my bouquet! 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Don't worry abou... MARK RONSON Well, right now we're so busy that I kind of had to put all the hobbies on hold. But I like goin... MARK KELLY I have traveled down this path before - 'List of Seven' and 'Twin Peaks' both have t... MARK FROST We have pension funds with 1.5 trillion euros investments, and they want to find business opportunit... MARK RUTTE We need not to just kill the boat-smuggling business model: we also need to get rid of this asylum-s... MARK RUTTE MARK ZUCKERBERG MARK ZANDI The best person to get something done is a busy person. MARK BURNETT The Romney candidacy is better than it was four years ago, but it's not clear that it's good... MARK STEYN MARK MCKINNON MARK MCKINNON Mom's dad was in the army, stormed the beach at Normandy, fought through the French hedgerows, t... MARK HOPPUS MARK ZANDI MARK WAHLBERG When I'm in the middle of making a movie, I have blinders on; it's all about just getting th... MARK WATERS MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN If you're a big celebrity, you get money to be private. I'm just a working stiff. I don'... MARK FUHRMAN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK RUFFALO MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN The scientific theroy I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline ... MARK RUSSELL MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK FRAUENFELDER Whether you do stand-up comedy or write a story, you have a duty to deliver. As a comedian, you walk... MARK BILLINGHAM China is responsible for a lot of the major conservation issues we're facing. It's the main ... MARK CARWARDINE MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN MARK TWAIN Americans are notoriously ill-equipped for self-reflection. We're usually a very boisterous, out... 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You don't find interesting stuff because you don't search enough, ... every book has it's own lesson... 
When you sample something, you're using the crutch of borrowing chords and melodies from a song ... 
Each person who ever was or is or will be has a song. It isn't a song that anybody else wrote. It ha... 
Be your own artist, and always be confident in what you're doing. If you're not going to be ... 
But once you've made a song and you put it out there, you don't own it anymore. The public o... 
That's what I love about songwriting - that you can write something about your own experiences a... 
There's always haters, no matter what you're doing - whether they're complaining that ev... 
Through a huge duration of my life, someone has always picked up after me. And when you're on yo... 
Yeah, but if you're not doing what everyone else is doing then you're going to be misunderst... 
Starting in music, where I get a chance to connect with the lyrics of a song, I learned so much abou... 
You're always going to write and draw inspiration from things that you're feeling, things th... 
One of the biggest lessons I've learned is that there has got to be a reason for what you're... 
There's no greatest moment in the arts. It's a life, it's a continuity thing. You can... 
Everyone has it's own great triumph, has he own story with sadness, madness and reverses. That's how... 
They're not put on earth to be martyrs; they have to want to come out. It depends on your cultur... 
Sometimes there are paparazzi that take photos and you don't know they're there. So you'... 
You've got a song you're singing from your gut, you want that audience to feel it in their g... 
It's one thing if you live in London and you're rooting for Chelsea or you're in New Yor... 
There's always going to be someone out there... who doesn't believe in you or who thinks you... 
When you're doing a film, you're on a set and you have retakes and you have time to get it r... 
I think success right now is not about how famous you are or how much you're getting paid, but i... 
We're all different. That's what makes us special. We have to love each other and get on wit... 
When I'm painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a get acquainted... 
Everything that's written about me has such a negative taint. It just has a life of its own, lik... 
I think you need to be intentional at times about your leadership - where you're eating lunch, w... 
The more we're governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we need to te... 
It's like there's some unwritten rule that if you're mates, you can say what you want to... 
The greatest bad guys, you understand where they're coming from. They believe they're doing ... 
Once that bell rings you're on your own. It's just you and the other guy. 
We're not doing brain surgery. We're not saving lives... Even if you're doing Shakespear... 
To me, form doesn't always follow function. Form has a life of its own, and at times, it may be ... 
It's the worst when you're kissing someone who's not a good kisser, and you're tryin... 
I like finding that common point between another song and my music. It's like between people; yo... 
Sometimes ideas are coming so fast that I have to stop doing one song to get another. But I don'... 
We have fun, we listen to one another, we challenge one another, we trust one another. We're doi... 
You just have to make sure you're writing about something that's true. It has to be honest a... 
Just by being out you're doing your part. It's like recycling. You're doing your part fo... 
With the right outlook, you can learn to entertain yourself and entertain each other so you can enjo... 
I am not a fan of referencing your own work when it's in a different universe than what you'... 
When you're outside, and everything is highland, it's like nature has its own sound, and tha... 
Part of making any endeavour is that each one has its own special problems. It's the nature of t... 
Each honest calling, each walk of life, has its own elite, its own aristocracy based on excellence o... 
A lot of times, people make other people responsible for their joy: 'You're not making me ha... 
There are things you do that just come natural, and sometimes those are amazingly in synch, and some... 
When I hear other artists talk, they talk about 'How come radio's not playing my song?' ... 
I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're photographi... 
First and foremost when you're doing comedy, you gotta be relevant and applicable to the times t... 
Shakespeare is renewed each time you see it or read it. I've seen 'Midsummer Night's Dre... 
Every relationship has its own language. It takes a long time to evolve and read one another. Just a... 
You can tell if there's magic in something. When you start it, you want to finish it and you wan... 
'Trapped In The Closet' lives in a place on the earth on its own. It pays its own rent, it&#... 
There's no difference if you're a supermodel or if you've lost both your legs. What are ... 
I think when you're doing something cutting edge like 'The Matrix,' it might mean when e... 
Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. 
It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure tha... 
The wit knows that his place is at the tail of a procession. 
When Facebook was getting started, nothing used real identity - everything was anonymous or pseudony... 
My success was due to good luck, hard work, and support and advice from friends and mentors. But mos... 
I wear the same outfit or, at least, a different copy of it almost every day. 
There is plenty of blame to go around for the U.S. housing bubble, but not much of it belongs to Fan... 
Kids don't need to be taught the value of making; they are natural makers, at least until tradit... 
Defending birthright citizenship is about being on the right side of liberty. The 14th Amendment is ... 
I believe we have to nip Ebola in the bud before it spreads through Africa and to other countries. 
Our prayer and God's mercy are like two buckets in a well; while the one ascends the other desce... 
To me, all war is failure for humanity, though it often is a bounty for commerce. 
I have a very dear family and very dear friends. They're my rock. These are people who knew me f... 
There is no better way to quickly buoy hard-pressed homeowners than helping them take advantage of t... 
Too-easy credit and millions of bad loans made during the U.S. housing bubble paved the way for the ... 
James Cagney, Steve McQueen, I loved all those guys. I grew up loving the movies but had no desire t... 
I don't buy the argument that there can't be a successful independent candidacy for the pres... 
In my movies, I'm not trying to erase any old image of myself, really. And also I'm not tryi... 
I remember riding my bike down the boardwalk with nowhere to go and looking at the girls. It was rea... 
Here's one of my bad habits: when I go to someone's house, I head straight to their bookshel... 
The turning point for me was when the Supreme Court installed Bush in 2000, even though he got half ... 
A true knowledge of ourselves is knowledge of our power. 
Too many vital education dollars that should be spent in the classroom are bouncing around in the fe... 
Lucifer spoke thus. Pride took him from heaven, though he sat at God's right hand.' Her voice grew f... 