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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: 10 Questions for Sting [Watch (HLS stream): 10 Questions for Sting](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/g2mNlUUD.m3u8) (5:43)  _Published 2011-11-10. Singer, activist and former Police man Sting is 60. He talks about sex, death, and his father's timing_ --- Oct 11, 2023 9:21 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Ivanka Trump Says NBC Neporter’s Question About Father’s Accusers is ‘Inappropriate’](/video/JD0RWqOQ/) ### Ivanka Trump Says NBC Neporter’s Question About Father’s Accusers is ‘Inappropriate’ [Inside a Sex Sting: Cracking Down on the "Johns"](/video/8mDDcZpw/) ### Inside a Sex Sting: Cracking Down on the "Johns" [TIME 100: Sting](/video/2iK9Afxf/) ### TIME 100: Sting --- ## Transcript Hi, I'm Belinda Luskum. I'm an editor- at- large at Time Magazine. Today, we are interviewing a sixty- ish white male, father of six, has written a few songs, plays a little guitar, arguably saved a couple acres of rain forest, goes by the name of Sting. Mister Sting, hello. Good day. Now, we are here to actually celebrate your 25 years and, just as a solo career, that doesn't even count the, the stuff with Police. Yeah. And you have this book. You say in the book, that when asked your religion, you write devout musician, which is kind of interesting. Does that mean you pray to Angus Young everyday? Or how does that work out? It's not a frivolous answer. You know, my spiritual path involves music. I'm essentially Agnostic, which I think means I don't know. And I've chosen to live my life without the circle certainties of religious faith. I think they're dangerous, actually. And I don't have a problem with God, I have a problem with religion. And so I, I think being a, a devout musician is, a serious answer. I think it's something that gives my life value, and it, it does give me spiritual solace. You write in the book of something that your father said to you on his deathbed that you said was devastating. well, well my dad and I had the same, hands, had exactly the same hands. And I hadn't really noticed that before until he was on his deathbed and I mentioned this to him. And then he said to me, well, you used your hands better than, I did. My dad was a milkman. And I realized that that was probably the first compliment he'd ever paid me, and that was kind of devastating to me. Timing was amazing. [ LAUGH ] And I suppose I include it in this book because I, I wanted to reassess whether, in the 25 years since my father died, whether I'd actually used my hands well, you know. So I was forced to, have a retrospect of, of my own work and was pleasantly surprised by what I heard. Some of the musical decisions I made as a younger man impressed me. I didn't think I was that smart. I think maybe I was smarter then, I don't know. Another thing you say in the book and this is, you know, as a woman this is obviously something that spoke to me, it's that commitment is not human nature. It's not an advantage to be, be committed , and but you say that it's better than human nature. It's learned in the same way that, I guess, we learn [ CROSSTALK ] Did I say that? [ CROSSTALK ] You do, I I mean, I was shocked too, cuz it seems kind of atypical thing to say for a rock star to say. And I was like, wait, have we all missed the point of being a rock star here? You know, I think commitment to, to one person is not easy, from either side of the relationship, and yet the effort to do that is important. It's an important one to make. And I think it's a daily, meditation. You know, I, I've been married to Trudy for 30 years. Which in rock star years is like a thousand. In rock star years it's impossible. But, I, I'm glad, that, you know, we're married and we have a good relationship. You know, she's my best friend, and I like her. You know, I could say I love her, of course that's a given, but I actually like her. I actually like, I enjoy her company. So I want to maintain that. I want to sustain it for as long as possible. I don't, I don't take it for granted. I think that's a mistake. One thing that really seems to upset people the most about you and Trudy is that you talk about your sex life. [ LAUGHING ] Now, is that a policy that you do that or is it, is it unusual, or is it just us journalists talk about it a lot. We have fun. We have fun. And I think journalists are obsessed, people are obsessed by sex. Everyone's obsessed by sex. I think it's the strongest impulse in human nature. And we just have fun with it. You know, I mean, it's silly. There's a lot of people who would love to hear you release another rock record. Is that something you consider? It's a kind of nostalgia that you are talking about, which I don't really wanna pander to. I'll do what I, I choose to do, what interests me, what intrigues me. It may well be rock and roll. But I don't believe that there is a, there is a massive amount people going, I wish they would do a rock and roll record. They don't exist. Two of your kids, so far, have gone into professional music careers. It's a... Not, not because I encouraged them at all. [ LAUGH ] Is it, it's a very different world out there now from when you started. Some Police, you know, galvanized so, so many people, drew so many, it was able to become this mass enjoyment phenomenon. Those kind of bands are rarer now. It's hard to, to do that with, with the, so many different, the way the music industry has fragmented. Does that concern you that they've gone into the music industry at all? They don't play music to become rich and famous. You, you play music because it feeds your soul. Whether or not you become famous, or you sell lots of albums, or you sell lots of concert seats, is completely beside the point. And, my kids would say, well, that's easy for you to say, dad. [ LAUGH ] I'm about to say. Because you are rich and famous, and you do sell records. I say, that's true but, I'm, I'm still telling you the truth. Do you think you've got another 25 years of music left in you? I've got 25 years of learning in me, definitely. Right. Thank you very much. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"10 Questions for Sting","description":"Singer, activist and former Police man Sting is 60. 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