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

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.

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.

My playing is fairly straightforward, really, and everything's pretty much standard no frills or special effects.

I don't like definitions, but if there is a definition of freedom, it would be when you have control over your reality to transform it, to change it, rather than having it imposed upon you. You can't really ask for more than.

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

Every guitar I own gets used and has its purpose.