Mark Knopfler
Mark Knopfler
Mark Freuder Knopfler, OBEis a British singer, songwriter, guitarist, record producer and film score composer. He is best known as the lead guitarist, lead singer and songwriter for the rock band Dire Straits, which he co-founded with his younger brother, David Knopfler, in 1977...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth12 August 1949
CityGlasgow, Scotland
song real school
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.
song guitar practice
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.
song stars love-you
Juliet, when we made love, you used to cry. You said, "I love you like the stars above, I'll love you 'til I die". There's a place for us, you know the movie song. When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?
song swings guitar
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.
music song play
...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...
song thinking stuff
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.
song trying rebel
What I always try to do is to respond to the song; I've always rebelled against theory.
song law secret
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.
actress brings character dimension director emmy experience finest given living page wealth
Emmy brings such a wealth of experience that it's like a director having the finest actress for a film. What is on the page is given a real living dimension and a character who you can see.
Sometimes you're the window; Sometimes you're the bug.
character depth experience girl hear massive singing soon taking
As soon as you hear her taking the line, you see the character. She's not just a girl singing anymore; she's much more representative of something female. I think that's a depth that comes from her massive experience and ability.
british-musician delighted english finally job proved teaching
I finally got a job teaching English in a college, which I was delighted to have because it proved to be a real steadying influence.
enjoy everybody ideas teach tried
Everybody has their own ideas of Shangri-La ... I tried to teach myself to enjoy the present, enjoy the now,
club hour theater
We used to play in a theater club in London called The King's Head. When the theater let nut, around 10:00 P.M., we'd be ready to go and really get it on for about an hour or so.