I Shoulda Learned To Play The Guitar.

I Don't Like Definitions, But If There Is A Definition Of Freedom, It Would Be When You Have Control Over Your Reality To Transform It, To Change It, Rather Than Having It Imposed Upon You. You Can't Really Ask For More Than.

I Even Played Bass For A While. Besides Playing Electric Guitar, I'd Also Get Asked To Play Some Acoustic Stuff. But, Since I Didn't Have An Acoustic Guitar At The Time, I Used To Borrow One From A Friend So I Could Play Folk Joints.

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.

Well, I Was Born In Scotland And Spent The First Six Years Of My Life There. Then I Went To Newcastle-on-tyne In Northeast England, Close To Scotland.

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.