"The music just tends to be a vehicle for that poetry.“

-Mark Knopfler

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Mark Knopfler quote about poetry: "The music just tends to be a vehicle for that poetry."

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"There happened to be guitar classes at the college, and there was a guitar teacher there with whom I used to play. In addition, I also would go out into country schools and teach little kids basic guitar and singing a few times a week."

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"For there is a sound reasoning upon all flowers. For flowers are peculiarly the poetry of Christ."

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