Sting happy not to be in charts
Thursday November 26 2009
Sting has insisted that he doesn't mind not having any recent chart hits.
The singer, who recently criticised The X Factor as being "televised karaoke", said that while it is satisfying to have a big pop hit, he is happy with his latest album If On A Winter's Night.
He said: "I enjoyed having hit records but at the same time, I don't mind not having hit records, as long as I'm making music."
He went on: "That's a nice feeling to have that, when people are whistling your song in the street, or you're walking past the shop and you hear it blaring or a car goes by.
"Oh, that's a great feeling, to have a hit record. It's fantastic. You can't have that all your life.
"There's a time when your interests are more esoteric. A little bit more refined, so the popular taste maybe bypasses what you do. My career has largely bypassed popular tastes."
But Sting - whose real name is Gordon Sumner - said he was keen to keep belting out rock songs at gigs.
"I mix it up all the time," he said. "I did a rock gig last week with my band in Asia.
"I'm constantly doing different stuff, and of course I go back to rock 'n' roll, but I would have learned something from another area and bring something back.
"I'm not one of these guys who can stay in the same rut. I constantly want to find out new things. I'm curious."
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