Mark Knopfler Quotes

All my music is very simple in that melody is usually clearly stated.

I could have played more complex stuff. I could have been a busier player. But that's not what I wanted to do. I played what I wanted to play.

If I get a song - a good song - I just sing it the way I hear it in my head. If anybody else wanted to add whistles and bells and chains rattling, that's fine. Just not too much. I actually just do things as straight ahead as possible.

I'm a 'no frills' kind of guy.

I'm the opposite of a gearhead. I like simplicity. I use what works, and the only time I change it is when I have to.

Simple, yet effective!

The immortal photographers will be straightforward photographers, those who do not rely on tricks or special techniques.

I'm in a state of my life when the essential is very important to me. I don't like long songs with complicated arrangements and breaks anymore.

I always prefer things straight up, not cold or watered down. Not big on cocktails either.

Take winter as you find him, and he turns out to be a thoroughly honest fellow; with no nonsense in him, which is a great comfort in the long-run.

There is nothing that special to see when looking at me.

Simplicity is freedom.

That's what I tried to create, even though they are new pieces. I wanted them to feel like very special pieces that you can hold on to for a long time. I didn't want them to be too high fashion, I wanted them to be more timeless.

If it takes more than a sentence to explain what you are doing, it's almost always a sign that what you are doing is too complicated.

I just believe in working. I'm not one of those romantic explainers of my own individual point of view.

Progress is a continuing effort to make the things we eat, drink, and wear as good as they used to be.

I find I don't need to be polished. I feel that you have to keep it real, and that's the best way to go.

The innocent is the person who explains nothing

I got a standard box. I don't never want nothing special. Then if I drop my box, I can borrow somebody else's.

The main thing is that everything become simple, easy enough for a child to understand.

I'm just being myself. I'm not a very complex guy; I'm not a very studious, crazy intellectual guy. I'm just a guy.

The amazing thing about the winners is that none of them really felt that they were doing anything special. They just felt like it was the right thing to do.

Taxi drivers used to ask me what kind of music I did and I'd say, well, it's kind of jazz, soul, classical - but that makes no sense to anyone. Now I say I just write my own songs. I thought I had to help people get me, but I don't think they need to be spoon-fed. If you connect with me that is cool. I don't need the whole world to feel like I am a soul angel.

I don't believe less is more. I believe that more is more. I believe that less is less, fat fat, thin thin and enough is enough.

Don't save something for a special occasion. Every day of your life is a special occasion.