Sting: How I started writing songs again

Sting s early life was dominated by a shipyardand 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 TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Confere