Sting believes that grown men shouldn’t be in bands because it limits their musical growth.
He argues that there is a need to obey the rules and the gestalt of the band. Sting‘s perspective suggests that he sees being in a band as a hindrance to personal artistic development and prefers a different approach to music-making.
“I don’t think any grown man can be in a band actually,” he told MOJO magazine.
“A band is a teenage gang. Who wants to be in a teenage gang when you’re knocking 70? It doesn’t allow you to evolve. You have to obey the rules and the gestalt of the band. As much as I love the STONES and AC/DC, it’s hard to see growth in their music.
“For me, the band was merely a vehicle for the songs and not the other way round.”
Sting‘s first solo debut album, The Dream of the Blue Turtles, was released in 1985 and received positive reviews. Sting expressed that if his solo venture had not been successful, he would have preferred not to return to THE POLICE.
“Both Andy [Summers] and Stewart [Copeland] had made albums without me so it was my right too. I recruited a band from the jazz world and I was lucky it was a hit. I have no idea what would have happened if it hadn’t been a hit.
“Would I have gone back to the band and eaten humble pie? I hope not.”
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