Mark Knopfler – HuffPost 10.8.13

Mike Ragogna: Mark, given your experience in life and given music these days, what advice do you have for new artists and people who want to pursue music?

Mark Knopfler: Well, I think that it always was hard and time will be the judge, but one thing I do know is that everybody gets their shot. It may be a little harder to get gigs than it was being on the minus side, but on the plus side, you’ve got the internet, you’ve got Facebook, and all of that. So I figure I would be doing exactly the same thing, I’d just be trying. I’d just be going and trying and trying. It’s a very frustrating thing, trying to get a band going and it can be a very frustrating thing having one and just fighting to get a gig and all the rest of it. But basically, what will happen is what will happen if you’ve got it, whatever “that” is, and they start queuing down the stairs, out into the street and around the corner and you turn up for that. You’re out there doing it, then the word gets around and you’re away. So I think everybody does get their shot.