How I started writing songs again | Sting
b'Sting\'s early life was dominated by a shipyard\\u2014and he dreamed of nothing more than escaping the industrial drudgery. But after a nasty bout of writer\'s block that stretched on for years, Sting found himself channeling the stories of the shipyard workers he knew in his youth for song material. In a lyrical, confessional talk, Sting treats us to songs from his upcoming musical, and to an encore of "Message in a Bottle."'