If you love someone, set them free. Sting More Quotes by Sting More Quotes From Sting I see songs not as a commodity used up when the album goes off the charts, which is often the case with pop songs. I see them as a body of work. Life should be breathed into them. Sting albumsbodysong Without the voice of reason, every faith is its own curse. Sting voice-of-reasonvoicereason 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 canadaunclesguitar I want to get old gracefully. I want to have good posture, I want to be healthy and be an example to my children. Sting healthybirthdaychildren I write the music, produce it and the band plays within the parameters that I set. Sting bandplaywriting I don't like singing before noon. Sting noonsingingsight I come from a family of losers, and I've rejected my family as something I don't want to be like. Sting my-familyloserwant I don't belong to a church or political party or a group of any kind. I feel that Amnesty International is the most civilized organization in history. Its currency is the written word. Its weapon is the letter; that's why I am a member. I believe in its non-violence; I believe in its effectiveness. Its dignity and its sense of commitment. Its focus on individuals and the concentration and tenacity with which they defend those imprisoned for their ideas has earned it the cautious respect of repressive governments throughout the world. Sting partybelievecommitment I think the time is right for yoga, we really are living in a very complex time - a time of great turmoil and change. Yoga is a good antidote to all that...It is almost like music in a way; there's no end to it. Sting yogawaythinking Yoga introduced me to a style of meditation. The only meditation I would have done before would be in the writing of songs. Sting musicyogasong A gentleman will walk but never run.. it takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile.. be yourself no matter what they say. Sting being-yourselfignorancerunning Like Yoga, the spiritual life is actually very difficult. Sting yogaspirituallife-is I think I mentioned to Bob [Geldof] I could make love for eight hours. What I didn't say was that this included four hours of begging and then dinner and a movie. Sting eightmoviethinking I never saw no miracle of science that did not go from a blessing to a curse. Sting miracleblessingphilosophy 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 familykidschildren The acceptance of death gives you more of a stake in life, in living life happily, as it should be lived. Living for the moment. Sting live-lifeacceptancegiving Security in human systems we're told will always, always last. Emotions are the sail, and blind faith is the mast. Without the breath of real freedom we're getting nowhere fast. Sting lastsemotionreal I think you can get the wrong impression about me from my work and think I'm always a bit down. I'm not that way at all. I'm fun-loving. Sting funwaythinking It's never easy to write a song. It's the most difficult thing I do. Sting easywritingsong Let your pain be my sorrow. Let your tears be my tears too. Let your courage be my model. That the north you find will be true. Sting painbraverycourage
