It's a big enough umbrella, but it's always me that ends up getting wet.
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I see music as one language. If one musical form eats its own tail, it dies. So it needs to be a mongrel, it needs to be hybridised.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Music is a universal language that thrives on diversity and fusion of styles.
In this quote, Sting emphasizes the importance of diversity in music, suggesting that genres need to intermingle and evolve rather than becoming insular. By advocating for a 'mongrel' or hybrid nature, he posits that musical forms can become stagnant if they do not embrace influences from other genres and cultures.
Themes
MusicLanguageHybridDiversityArt
In practice
Example use cases
During a lecture on music theory, one could use this quote to explain the significance of genre fusion.
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