Sting
Legendary Musician | Creativity, Resilience, and Reinvention
Most recently at TED in 2014.
About
Sting is a celebrated singer-songwriter, actor, and activist whose musical legacy spans five decades. As the former frontman of the iconic rock band The Police, he earned 16 Grammy Awards and a reputation for blending influences from rock, jazz, reggae, and world music.
Sting's solo career has produced ten studio albums, including the critically acclaimed 'The Dream of the Blue Turtles' and 'Ten Summoner's Tales. ' His keynotes offer insights into the creative process, the importance of resilience, and his lifelong journey of personal and artistic reinvention.
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How I started writing songs again
Sting's early life was dominated by a shipyard-and he dreamed of nothing more than escaping the industrial drudgery. But after a nasty bout of writer's block that stretched on for years, Sting found himself channeling the stories of the shipyard workers he knew in his youth for song material. In a lyrical, confessional talk, Sting treats us to songs from his upcoming musical, and to an encore of "Message in a Bottle."
1 talk, all in 2014
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