Broken Music: A Memoir

"Sting's gift for prose and reverence for language, nearly the equal of his musical gifts, shine on every page. Even when Broken Music addresses the quixotic life of an aspiring rock & roller, it reads like literature from a more rarified time when adults didn't condescend to the vulgarities of pop culture." --Rolling Stone

Having been a songwriter most of my life, condensing my ideas and emotions into short rhyming couplets and setting them to music, I had never really considered writing a book. But upon arriving at the reflective age of fifty, I found myself drawn, for the first time, to write long passages that were as stimulating and intriguing to me as any songwriting I had ever done.

And so Broken Music began to take shape. It is a book about the early part of my life, from childhood through adolescence, right up to the eve of my success with the Police. It is a story very few people know.

I had no interest in writing a traditional autobiographical recitation of everything that's ever happened to me. Instead I found myself drawn to exploring specific moments, certain people and relationships, and particular events which still resonate powerfully for me as I try to understand the child I was, and the man I became.

Author: Sting
Publisher: Dial Press
Published: 01/25/2005
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 8.24h x 5.50w x 0.77d
ISBN13: 9780385338653
ISBN10: 0385338651
BISAC Categories:
- Music | Genres & Styles | Rock
- Biography & Autobiography | Music
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs

About the Author
Sting is an award-winning singer, songwriter and human rights activist.