There's So Many Different Worlds.

A Strat Was A Thing Of Wonder .. When I Was 14 Or 15, The Shadows Were A Big Influence, And They Had The First Strats That Came To England. I Like To Play All Kinds Of Guitars, But I Wasn't Getting The Sound I Really Wanted Until I Got A Stratocaster

The Music You Make Is Shaped By What You Play It On ... If You Feel That You're Not Getting Enough Out Of A Song, Change The Instrument - Go From An Acoustic To An Electric Or Vice Versa, Or Try An Open Tuning ... Do Something To Shake It Up.

Every Guitar I Own Gets Used And Has Its Purpose.

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.

I Used To Go To The School Folk Club With My Songs When I Was Only 13 Or So And Say "this Is A Traditional Folk Song" And Sing It With A Bad Irish Accent To Disguise The Real Source.