I see music as one language. If one musical form eats its own tail, it dies. So it needs to be a mongrel, it needs to be hybridised.

Topics: Sting Quotes

When the world is running down, you make the best of what's still around.

When the world is running down, you make the best of what's still around.

Success always necessitates a degree of ruthlessness. Given the choice of friendship or success, I'd...

Success always necessitates a degree of ruthlessness. Given the choice of friendship or success, I'd...

I think love has something to do with allowing a person you claim to love...

I think love has something to do with allowing a person you claim to love...

I've never lost perspective on who I am. Well, maybe briefly, but generally I'm pretty...

I've never lost perspective on who I am. Well, maybe briefly, but generally I'm pretty...

I think there's room for both private exploration and group work in Yoga.

I think there's room for both private exploration and group work in Yoga.

I think I mentioned to Bob [Geldof] I could make love for eight hours. What...

I think I mentioned to Bob [Geldof] I could make love for eight hours. What...

It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile.

It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile.

I realize that nothing's as it seems.

I realize that nothing's as it seems.

It has very little to do with my work, but if your image is not...

It has very little to do with my work, but if your image is not...

I come from a family of losers, and I've rejected my family as something I...

I come from a family of losers, and I've rejected my family as something I...

Peter Townshend shows us it's all right to grow up. There is dignity after rock'n'roll.

Peter Townshend shows us it's all right to grow up. There is dignity after rock'n'roll.

That sense of failure, I don't know where people put it who don't write songs...

That sense of failure, I don't know where people put it who don't write songs...

I exist in a state of almost perpetual hysteria.

I exist in a state of almost perpetual hysteria.

I learned to change my accent; in England, your accent identifies you very strongly with...

I learned to change my accent; in England, your accent identifies you very strongly with...

I think you can get the wrong impression about me from my work and think...

I think you can get the wrong impression about me from my work and think...

I'm very much afraid of being mad - that's my one fear.

I'm very much afraid of being mad - that's my one fear.

I've spent a bit of time with the Prince of Wales, who I respect greatly....

I've spent a bit of time with the Prince of Wales, who I respect greatly....

I miss England. I miss the weather. I've spent moss of the last 25 years...

I miss England. I miss the weather. I've spent moss of the last 25 years...

I write the music, produce it and the band plays within the parameters that I...

I write the music, produce it and the band plays within the parameters that I...

Yoga introduced me to a style of meditation. The only meditation I would have done...

Yoga introduced me to a style of meditation. The only meditation I would have done...