Quotes from Sting

I think love has something to do with allowing a person you claim to love to enter a larger arena than the one you create for them.

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.

There's no religion but sex and music.

I don't understand American football at all. It looks like all-in wrestling with crash helmets.

It's never easy to write a song. It's the most difficult thing I do.

I was brought up as a Catholic and went to church every week and took the sacraments. It never really touched the core of my being.

Every ripple on the ocean, every leaf on every tree, every sand dune in the desert, every power we never see.

If you love somebody, set them free.

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.

Mr. Breschnev says we will bury you, I don't subscribe to that point of view. It seems like such an ignorant thing to do, if the Russians love their children, too.

I think I'm a focus for international attention.

If you make your living writing, and you can't write anything, it's over. It's very frightening.

I don't like singing before noon.

I can't fly a flag for monogamy or whatever the opposite is; it depends on the person and on the situation.

What might save us, me and you, is if the Russians love their children too.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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