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Sting

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A name that surfaces again and again in collections of great quotes, Sting clearly understood the power of language. With equal ease, Sting moved between Music and Success, finding connections others missed. 28 of Sting's sharpest quotes live here, spanning themes of Music, Success, Freedom, Family, and Change. A favorite of many readers: "I can't really change my life to accommodate people who are jealous. I don't see why I should."

“One of the rewards of success is freedom, the ability to do whatever you like.”

— Sting

Freedom

All Quotes by Sting

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

— Sting

Friendship

“I miss England. I miss the weather. I've spent moss of the last 25 years on tour. I'm ready to come home.”

— Sting

Home

“I made two movies before The Police had a hit record: I did Quadrophenia and a film called Radio On.”

— Sting

Movies

“I have a big problem with piped music. I like either silence or to listen to it properly.”

— Sting

Music

“I feel this music has nurtured me as I've been immersing myself in it. I've felt supported by it.”

— Sting

Music

“I've spent a bit of time with the Prince of Wales, who I respect greatly. I'd give two cheers for the Monarchy.”

— Sting

Respect

“I try to give the media as many confusing images as I can to retain my freedom. What's real is for my children and the people I live with.”

— Sting

Freedom

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

— Sting

Music

“That sense of failure, I don't know where people put it who don't write songs and aren't able to emote physically. It must go somewhere.”

— Sting

Failure

“Yoga is almost like music in a way there's no end to it.”

— Sting

Music

“There's no religion but sex and music.”

— Sting

Music

“One of the rewards of success is freedom, the ability to do whatever you like.”

— Sting

Freedom

“I can't really change my life to accommodate people who are jealous. I don't see why I should.”

— Sting

Change

“I was famous overnight. I went from nowhere to being really big.”

— Sting

Famous

“It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile.”

— Sting

Smile

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

— Sting

Fear

“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.”

— Sting

Music

“I'm not much of a family man. I'm just not that into it. I love kids, I adore them, but I don't want to live my life for them.”

— Sting

Family

“I have been through various fitness regimes. I used to run about five miles a day and I did aerobics for a while.”

— Sting

Fitness

“I come from a family of losers, and I've rejected my family as something I don't want to be like.”

— Sting

Family