David Knopfler

“I don't really have any regrets about leaving Dire Straits. It was the right thing for me to do.”

“I think Mark felt that the band was his. I didn't necessarily agree.”

“Being in a band like Dire Straits was like being in a pressure cooker.”

“Art is long, and life is short, and success is very far off.”

“Success for me is being able to make the records I want to make and to have a life.”

“I left because I wanted to make my own music, on my own terms.”

“My songs are my kids. I love them all.”

“You have to have a certain amount of arrogance to be a songwriter.”

“For me, the idea of a band is a group of people who are making music together, and they're all contributing something.”

“I'm not interested in being a rock star. I'm interested in being a musician.”

“There's a lot of things that are more important than being in a successful rock and roll band.”