Mark Knopfler - 'I think people arrive at being a novelist and it's a compulsion. Being a painter or a poet is the same thing. Playing the guitar for me was a
![June 8th, 1996, Hamburg, Mark Knopfler live and Open Air on the Golden Heart Europe Tour in Hamburg's Stadtpark with a Schecter Telecaster. | usage worldwide Stock Photo - Alamy June 8th, 1996, Hamburg, Mark Knopfler live and Open Air on the Golden Heart Europe Tour in Hamburg's Stadtpark with a Schecter Telecaster. | usage worldwide Stock Photo - Alamy](https://l450v.alamy.com/450v/2c60pk1/june-8th-1996-hamburg-mark-knopfler-live-and-open-air-on-the-golden-heart-europe-tour-in-hamburgs-stadtpark-with-a-schecter-telecaster-usage-worldwide-2c60pk1.jpg)
June 8th, 1996, Hamburg, Mark Knopfler live and Open Air on the Golden Heart Europe Tour in Hamburg's Stadtpark with a Schecter Telecaster. | usage worldwide Stock Photo - Alamy
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