"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.
