Under the Volcano (2021)

Mark Knopfler: Self

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Mark Knopfler : Going to Montserrat was like going into a dream. It's always different. Reality's always different from what you think it will be.

• Mark Knopfler : I love the idea of wilderness - on the edge of civilization. I think the volcano itself has become a presiding spirit over the island and it definitely gives you a sense that you're living on the edge of something - seismic.

• Stewart Copeland : After we finished The Police album, Sting stays there for a bit of a holiday. And the next band in is Dire Straits. And - the rest is history.

  Sting : [singing]  I want my MTV...

  Sting , Andy Summers , Stewart Copeland : [shouting]  I want my MTV!

  Mark Knopfler : I'd seen on MTV The Police doing an ad for it and I thought, well, if I stick that to "Don't Stand So Close To Me", those notes, that would fit. Anyway, we were recording "Money For Nothing" and I said to somebody, "I wish Sting was here." And somebody said, "Well, he is here. He's on holiday."

• Mark Knopfler : Recording studios - they all have a shelf life. Because, in the end, they're ruled by forces that are bigger than us.