I 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 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 KnopflerWhile 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.
Mark Knopfler