An introduction to the models which are usually applied, when interpreting the NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) parameter Knight shift (Ks) and spin-lattice relaxation rate 1/T~ in the normal and the superconducting state of high-temperature superconductors, is given. The different hyperfine interaction parameters involved, as well as the static and dynamic susceptibility z(q,o)) will be discussed. I will point at those highlights as antiferromagnetic correlations, spin gap and vortex lattice dynamics which have emerged from the analysis of the NMR data.