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More copies of this ISBNThis title in other editionsBroken Musicby Sting
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Most celebrity musician memoirs amount to not much more than an inevitable litany of the excesses that come with the dubious position of rock star. Sting, however, makes the interesting (and refreshing) choice to stop his memoir right before The Police hit it big. While the opening recollection of his first experience with the entheogen ayahuasca is worth the price of admission alone, Broken Music unfolds itself into a wonderfully written memoir. Melancholic and beautiful, the story of the people, places, and events that carried Sting to the world stage is a rewarding experience no matter how one feels about his musical output. Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments: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 thats 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. From the Hardcover edition. Synopsis:Focusing on special moments that resonated powerfully, the singer explores the early part of his life from childhood to adolescence.
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