I stay on tour so long so that I don't have to think about the next project. Touring is not a thinking occupation. You just get up, get on the bus, get on the plane, get on stage, do the thing, go back, have a drink, go to bed. Like Madonna, Sting has evolved, moved with the times. So many who find the kind of success they've had wind up falling apart.
Fame does that to a lot of people.
It can be a very distorting mirror. It makes you seem extremely powerful and extremely beautiful. It moves slightly and you are incredibly dysfunctional. You just can't look in that mirror very often. Sting learned to do that through yoga, which he practices for two hours each day.