I am very proud of the legacy of The Police. We are a damn good band and it still holds up. (On the induction of The Police into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)
[on his being made a CBE] Being a Commander of the British Empire isn`t really what it`s cracked up to be, since I can`t command anybody. Everyone always ignores me.
The geniuses of music, like Bach (Johann Sebastian Bach) and Miles Davis, used silence beautifully; they were not about using as many notes as possible. They knew that playing almost nothing can be the most elegant and eloquent thing to do.
I loved the band Traffic for their way of creating a musical universe without these boundaries, because whether it`s country, pop, gospel, heavy metal or classical music, it`s all a single language, a code.
I am very proud of the legacy of The Police. We are a damn good band and it still holds up. (On the induction of The Police into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)
