00:00I never listen to the lyrics. I don't know the lyrics of any Beatles song, but I can sing you
00:05every one of Ringo's drumsticks.
00:19It began in the Persian rugs that my mother bought in Isfahan before I was born.
00:24These patterns here, this combination of chaos and form and order, that's exactly my music.
00:30And there's this new scene, the punk scene, exploding out of London as I start to conceive of a band.
00:36I want my own band.
00:42This is the bass that I thrust into Sting's hand the first time we met.
00:49The police was like a Prada suit made out of razor blades.
00:53Really cool, but damned uncomfortable.
00:56By the time of synchronicity, oh, it was hell in the police room.
01:01After the police broke up, I remembered all the great music that we had made and I was very proud
01:06of it.
01:06And I thought I was all excited to get back with my two buddies and I was heartbroken.
01:15I didn't know how you're supposed to do a movie. I didn't know what music and movies was for.
01:19Francis taught me.
01:21I've traveled all over the world making music in strange places with even stranger people.
01:31Those sons of bitches made me what I am today.
01:35For me, let's burn down the fucking building.
01:38Wake up everybody!
01:40Let's rock!
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