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"I think London's sexy because it's so full of eccentrics."
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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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"I've always wanted to perform on the London stage."
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"Sometimes I miss the spirit of London, but it's a very gray place."
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"On March 4th, 1830, I arrived in London, where a new world seemed opened to me."
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"Four months after we finished shooting, I'd been in New Orleans shooting another movie and my agent and I were having a bite to eat - actually in London - and he's sitting there and goes, 'Wow, I just can't believe how ripped you are.'"
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"Of course I've done musicals here in London."
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"John Lennon and Ringo Starr liked my songs. I used to write songs and they heard me sing songs on stage in London."
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"If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting."
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"In Paris, you learn wit, in London you learn to crush your social rivals, and in Florence you learn poise."
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"After a while, though, the group just wasn't a good vehicle for the songs I'd written."
Music
"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 love Gibsons, and Nationals, too. There's something magical about them."
Love
"Every guitar I own gets used and has its purpose."
Purpose
"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."
Life
"My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues."
Music
"There happened to be guitar classes at the college, and there was a guitar teacher there with whom I used to play. In addition, I also would go out into country schools and teach little kids basic guitar and singing a few times a week."
College
"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
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