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Mark Knopfler

"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."

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"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."

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Donna Grant

"I think London's sexy because it's so full of eccentrics."

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Donna Grant

"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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Donna Grant

"I've always wanted to perform on the London stage."

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Donna Grant

"Sometimes I miss the spirit of London, but it's a very gray place."

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Donna Grant

"On March 4th, 1830, I arrived in London, where a new world seemed opened to me."

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Donna Grant

"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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Donna Grant

"London is one of the most enchanting places I've ever been on this planet."

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Donna Grant

"Of course I've done musicals here in London."

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Donna Grant

"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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Donna Grant

"If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting."

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Mark Knopfler
"After a while, though, the group just wasn't a good vehicle for the songs I'd written."

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Mark Knopfler
"The music just tends to be a vehicle for that poetry."

Music

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Mark Knopfler
"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

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Mark Knopfler
"I love Gibsons, and Nationals, too. There's something magical about them."

Love

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Mark Knopfler
"Every guitar I own gets used and has its purpose."

Purpose

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Mark Knopfler
"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

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Mark Knopfler
"I'm not a collector, however, and I have no desire to own 50 or 60 guitars."

Desire

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Mark Knopfler
"My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues."

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Mark Knopfler
"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."

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Mark Knopfler
"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."

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