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
funny bugs sometimes
Sometimes you're the windshield; sometimes you're the bug.
different world sun
There's so many different worlds, so many different suns. And we have just one world, but we live in different ones.
guitar purpose used
Every guitar I own gets used and has its purpose.
ovation legends
I'm also getting an Ovation Legend, because I like them so much.
hangover drinking night
Last time I was sober, man I felt bad, Worst hangover that I ever had. It took six hamburgers, Scotch all night, Nicotine for breakfast just to put me right.
guitar desire collectors
I'm not a collector, however, and I have no desire to own 50 or 60 guitars.
music vehicle
The music just tends to be a vehicle for that poetry.
british-musician good vehicle
After a while, though, the group just wasn't a good vehicle for the songs I'd written.
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.