I used to go to the school folk club with my songs when I was only 13 or so and say "this is a traditional folk song" and sing it with a bad Irish accent to disguise the real source.
Mark KnopflerJuliet, when we made love, you used to cry. You said, "I love you like the stars above, I'll love you 'til I die". There's a place for us, you know the movie song. When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?
Mark KnopflerI don't really think of Dire Straits as a sound, you know. It. just depends on the song, and the stuff we're doing is so varied.
Mark Knopfler