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"I was into playing American music, especially the blues."
Music
"What I always try to do is to respond to the song; I've always rebelled against theory."
Music
"Every guitar I own gets used and has its purpose."
Purpose
"After a while, though, the group just wasn't a good vehicle for the songs I'd written."
Music
"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."
Time
"The music just tends to be a vehicle for that poetry."
Music
"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."
Work
"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."
People
"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."
Music
"I'm not a collector, however, and I have no desire to own 50 or 60 guitars."
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"I was born in London, so going there is always a treat."
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Personal Development
"The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world."
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Personal Development
"I worked in rep for six years, then I came to London and to the National Theatre. What's better than that?"
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"On one night of my debut the Prince of Wales, the Princess, and the duchess of London came to see me. They loved me for what I was and what I gave them."
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"When I did it, I was a starving musician in London in a basement flat, but a simple tune with the right singer or the right situation can become very well liked and accepted. I'm only too pleased to say it happened with that one."
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"I've always wanted to perform on the London stage."
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"Almost every one of my various zero numbered birthdays has had a big concert in London and often in Paris."
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"For Hunchback, we needed this live, gigantic choir. So we went to London and said, This is Disney! I need singers who can sing high D's, hold them for 18 seconds, and do it 60 times!"
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"I crammed my exams in London and did fine."
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"The joining of the whole congregation in prayer has something exceedingly solemn and affecting in it."
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