Elvis Presley Book

I was too busy raising my babies to pay much attention to Sting, so I came to this book without any preconceptions as to who he was. I came away impressed with his thoughtfulness and ability to reflect on who he was and why.

I'm baffled by the hostility of some reviewers here, as I didn't feel he came across as arrogant nor as if he were trying to impress anyone with his intelligence. It was a pleasure to read something so well written from the pen of a celebrity. Most celebrity "bios" are written by well paid ghost writers and sound like it.

But once you reach the height of celebrity this man has, you trigger the envy of others less talented and hard working.

As someone who put in quite a few years in the music business in the 1970s in the US I thought the story he tells here rang very true and I was impressed by just how hard he worked at his craft. Those years of crappy gigs and the experience of playing so many different kinds of music gave him the background he needed to write songs that were more than ephemeral hit-of-the-moment efforts.

I found the underlying story here very encouraging. Hard work which made it possible to take advantage of rare opportunities. This wasn't someone who had anything handed to him, and the story he tells should be an inspiration to anyone who dreams of making it as a creative artist in any medium.