An uncle of mine emigrated to Canada and couldn't take his guitar with him. When I found it in the attic, I'd found a friend for life.
Sting

I always stayed fit because I'm a performer, and all of those things help me to perform.
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I can't fly a flag for monogamy or whatever the opposite is; it depends on the person and on the situation.
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I can't really change my life to accommodate people who are jealous. I don't see why I should.
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I come from a family of losers, and I've rejected my family as something I don't want to be like.
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I do my best work when I am in pain and turmoil.
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I don't like singing before noon.
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I don't need to manufacture trauma in my life to be creative. I have a big enough reservoir of sadness or emotional trauma to last me.
Sting

I don't understand American football at all. It looks like all-in wrestling with crash helmets.
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I exist in a state of almost perpetual hysteria.
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I feel this music has nurtured me as I've been immersing myself in it. I've felt supported by it.
Sting

I hate most of what constitutes rock music, which is basically middle-aged crap.
Sting

I have a big problem with piped music. I like either silence or to listen to it properly.
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I have been through various fitness regimes. I used to run about five miles a day and I did aerobics for a while.
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I learned to change my accent; in England, your accent identifies you very strongly with a class, and I did not want to be held back.
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I made two movies before The Police had a hit record: I did Quadrophenia and a film called Radio On.
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I miss England. I miss the weather. I've spent moss of the last 25 years on tour. I'm ready to come home.
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I realize that nothing's as it seems.
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I really wanted to work with David Lynch. I was a big fan of The Elephant Man and Eraserhead.
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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.
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