# How I started writing songs again

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2014
- Speaker: Sting
- Year: 2014
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Music
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/sting_how_i_started_writing_songs_again)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Sting's early life was dominated by a shipyard—and 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."

## Lectures

1. [How I started writing songs again](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/sting_how_i_started_writing_songs_again/7d8da8143730), 23 min (TED's player)