While listening, to things like western swing, for instance, I'd work something out in my head, then play it on my National; not the same song, but one that captured the feeling of the original tune.

There's so many different worlds, so many different suns. And we have just one world, but we live in different ones.

Sometimes you're the windshield; sometimes you're the bug.

My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues.

What I always try to do is to respond to the song; I've always rebelled against theory.

Sometimes you gotta be an s.o.b., you wanna make a dream reality

I'm also getting an Ovation Legend, because I like them so much.

I just want to be able to play and make people feel good with what I do. When you're thinking that way, anything can happen. And, usually, what happens is good.

Then came the churches, then came the schools, then came the lawyers, then came the rules.

I shoulda learned to play the guitar.

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.

we see that an aspect of the work of the masses consists in investigating and opening up the question of names

Stand strong. Stand firm. Stand tall like tower.

If Jesus Christ is your Lord and Savior, if the Holy Spirit lives in you, then God guarantees your success

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.

I feel worthless. My girlfriend was attacked on the subway yesterday. And I can't even enjoy it.

If I can't expect someone to be accountable off the floor, how can I expect them to guard a pick and roll? Or get a rebound?

God, I miss you," he said in a voice that cracked. "Every night. Every day.

Being on Broadway and getting a Tony nomination - this has been an incredible ride, from rather humble beginnings.

I've learned that being a celebrity is like being a sacrificial lamb. At some point, no matter how high the pedestal that they put you on, they're going to tear you down.

Madame Bovary is the sexiest book imaginable. The woman's virtually a nyphomaniac but you won't find a vulgar word in the entire thing.