‘I used to do tarot readings but it got too scary’: Sting on making Shape of My Heart

Sting, singer, songwriter

The guitarist Dominic Miller and I would get together at my house in Wiltshire every Wednesday. One week, Dom came in with four chords. I said, “I like the sound of that” – and eventually we had the shape of a song. I took it out into the garden on headphones and just walked around thinking, “What is the story this music is trying to tell?” The chords weren’t sexy – they were contemplative. So I was thinking