Sting Says Today’s Music Is ‘Played Out’

Posted: June 5, 2014

Bringing music into people’s lives is a passion for Sting and wife Trudie Styler, 55, who both recently joined Music Unites, an organization that aims to join together communities through musical awareness.

Styler also stars in Twin Spirits; in the performance, she and Sting read letters between Schumann and his wife, Clara. Styler called the opportunity to work with her husband “pretty rare.”

The couple also spoke of their appreciation for classical music and Sting emphasized the need to look back at the roots of music, especially in today’s crowded industry.

“When I listen to composers, like, say, Bach, it’s almost as though they’ve discovered a new continent and everything of their focus was brand new,” he said. “Now everything has been discovered and covered with roads and railroads and airplanes, and you probably can’t find a piece of territory that hasn’t been touched before.”