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Now I'm having to live with sales of around 50,000 per album - but I'm pretty content with my place in the general scheme of things, even if it's meant I don't drive a fancy car and can't afford grand vacations.

~David Knopfler

Topics: Afford Album Around Car Content Drive Even Fancy General Grand Having Live Meant Now Per Place Pretty Sales Scheme Things Vacations

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Now that I'm staring down the barrel of the last act of my life, I'm less excited about control and solo effort, and I resent the way the business aspects interfere with my space for creative writing.

~David Knopfler

Topics: About Act Aspects Barrel Business Control Creative Creative Writing Down Effort Excited Interfere Last Less Life My Life Now Resent Solo Space Staring Way Writing

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Oh yeah - for sure - hardly a week doesn't go by when I don't hear something wonderful that someone has made in some low-budget situation, primarily with a view to selling a few hundred copies at their concerts.

~David Knopfler

Topics: Concerts Copies Few Go Hardly Hear Hundred Low-Budget Made Oh Oh Yeah Primarily Selling Situation Some Someone Something Sure View Week Wonderful Yeah

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So why sign your name in blood for more? It seemed like a sensible arrangement for me. I didn't sell large numbers of records and the record company paid advances they rarely recouped.

~David Knopfler

Topics: Advances Arrangement Blood Company Large Large Numbers Like Me More Name Numbers Paid Rarely Record Record Company Records Seemed Sell Sensible Sign Why Your

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The school was prone to dishing out punishments for anything creative that didn't fit with expectation - I just followed the logic and figured the folk club was probably much the same.

~David Knopfler

Topics: Anything Club Creative Expectation Figured Fit Folk Followed Just Logic Much Out Prone Punishments Same School

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There's nothing like doing something wrong to learn how it might be done better.

~David Knopfler

Topics: Better Doing Done How Learn Like Might Nothing Something Wrong

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Trust the tale, not the teller.

~David Knopfler

Topics: Tale Teller Trust

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Whatever the opposite of regret is best describes how I've always felt about that decision - it opened me up to a million creative opportunities I needed to experience away from the bull and distorting mirrors that fame engenders.

~David Knopfler

Topics: About Always Away Best Bull Creative Decision Distorting Experience Fame Felt How Me Million Mirrors Needed Opened Opportunities Opposite Regret Up Whatever

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Musician

Born: December 27th, 1952

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