Creativity Quote by Mark Knopfler

There is something almost aggressively un-mythic about Mark Knopfler saying, "I'm also getting an Ovation Legend, because I like them so much". It’s not the tortured-genius posture of chasing a holy-grail instrument; it’s the working musician’s logic, plainspoken and a little funny in its understatement. Knopfler treats taste like a tool: if something works, you buy another. No romance, no scarcity narrative, no collector’s brag.

The intent is practical, but the subtext is a quiet rebuke to guitar culture’s obsession with pedigree. Ovation, with its rounded composite back and stage-friendly design, has long sat slightly outside the vintage-acoustic snob hierarchy. Choosing an Ovation Legend because you "like them" is a subtle flex: not of wealth or exclusivity, but of independence from the consensus. It’s preference over prestige.

Context matters: Knopfler emerged in an era when amplification, touring, and studio reliability were reshaping what musicians needed from instruments. The Ovation story is about engineering meeting performance realities, and Knopfler’s line echoes that shift. He’s signaling an artist’s relationship to gear that’s closer to craft than fetish. The repetition - "also" and "so much" - hints that this isn’t a one-off experiment; it’s allegiance formed by use, by hours played, by sound and feel in the hand.

It works because it makes artistry feel attainable: the magic isn’t locked in a mythical relic. It’s in knowing what you like, and backing that instinct with another guitar.