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„Песни рождаются из жизни, а не от игры на пианино.“

„Вы не должны быть величайшим певцом в мире. Всё, что нужно для серьёзного успеха – это быть уникальным. Всякий раз, когда вы открываете рот, люди знают: «О, это Ван Моррисон». Или: «А вот Боб Дилан». Или: «Боно». Вы должны иметь характерный голос, который сродни уникальному отпечатку пальца. Тогда ваш тембр сделает за вас половину работы.“

„Даже у посредственного стихотворения есть шанс стать гениальной песней.“

“Many miles away something crawls from the slime
At the bottom of a dark Scottish lake”

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“I don't drink coffee I take tea my dear
I like my toast done on one side…"

()”

"Synchronicity II"
Synchronicity (1983)
Контексте: Mother chants her litany of boredom and frustration
But we know all her suicides are fake
Daddy only stares into the distance
There's only so much more that he can take
Many miles away something crawls from the slime
At the bottom of a dark Scottish lake

“Jung believed there was a large pattern to life, that it wasn't just chaos.”

Источник: Nothing Like the Sun

“With one breath, with one flow
You will know
Synchronicity”

On the song Synchronicity II, as quoted in "Official Police business" by Jay Cocks, in TIME magazine (15 August 1983), p. 50
Контексте: Jung believed there was a large pattern to life, that it wasn't just chaos. Our song Synchronicity II is about two parallel events that aren't connected logically or causally, but symbolically.

“Many miles away there's a shadow on the door
Of a cottage on the shore
Of a dark Scottish lake”

"Synchronicity I"
Synchronicity (1983)
Контексте: With one breath, with one flow
You will know
Synchronicity
A sleep trance, a dream dance,
A shared romance
Synchronicity A connecting principle
Linked to the invisible
Almost imperceptible
Something inexpressible

“A connecting principle
Linked to the invisible
Almost imperceptible
Something inexpressible”

"Synchronicity II"
Synchronicity (1983)
Контексте: Daddy grips the wheel and stares alone into the distance
He knows that something somewhere has to break
He sees the family home now, looming in his headlights
The pain upstairs that makes his eyeballs ache
Many miles away there's a shadow on the door
Of a cottage on the shore
Of a dark Scottish lake

“Without the voice of reason, every faith is its own curse."

()”

“In my quest to become unique, I’ve become a statistic.”

Источник: Nothing Like the Sun

“Dissent is a legitimate and essential right in any democracy and modern politicians must accept this fact with tolerance. A sense of proportion — and a sense of humour — is a sign of strength, not a sign of weakness.”

Broken Music

“If we share this nightmare
Then we can dream
Spiritus mundi
If you act as you think
The missing link
Synchronicity”

Joining with Amnesty International in condemning the Russian authorities’ treatment of Pussy Riot, a Russian punk rock protest band. "Sting condemns Russia's treatment of Pussy Riot musicians ahead of Moscow concert" Amnesty International (25 July 2012) http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/sting-condemns-russias-treatment-pussy-riot-musicians-ahead-moscow-concert-2012-07-25

“I know a great deal about Indian music and I have tried to understand its intricacies. I am aware how complex ragas are and how specific the rhythm is. I will spend the rest of my life discovering this wonderful India. I’ve become addicted to it.”

"Synchronicity I"
Synchronicity (1983)

“I am the first male in the family not having had to shoot against another European.”

Quoted from Gewali, Salil (2013). Great Minds on India. New Delhi: Penguin Random House.