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“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 StoneHaving 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.
Om ”Broken Music” - lydbog Sting skriver:"Jeg har været sangskriver det meste af mit liv, og har derfor været vant til at fortætte mine følelser og idéer til korte, rytmiske verslinjer, og give dem liv til musik. Jeg har faktisk aldrig tidligere overvejet at skrive en bog. Men da jeg rundede den reflekterende alder af 50, følte jeg mig for første gang tiltrukket af at skrive lange passager af tekst, og det viste sig at blive lige så stimulerende som nogen sang, jeg nogensinde havde skrevet.Og sådan begyndte Broken Music at tage sit udspring og finde sin form og farve. Det er en bog om den tidlige del af mit liv, fra barndommen, og frem til tiden omkring mit gennembrud med The Police. Det er en beretning, som meget få mennesker kender.Jeg har ikke haft noget ønske om at skrive en traditionel erindringsbog, hvor jeg opremser alt, som nogen sinde er sket for mig. I stedet fandt jeg mig selv draget mod at udforske specifikke øjeblikke, specielle mennesker og bekendtskaber samt særlige begivenheder, som stadig runger kraftigt inden i mig, mens jeg prøver på at forstå det barn, jeg var og den mand jeg blev." ”Broken Musik af Sting” er indlæst som lydbog af Bent Otto Hansen
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