Uploaded May 2017 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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"Your parents name you, but they don’t really know who you are. Your friends name you... I was very Stingian" - Sting in 2009, as told to Cal Fussman

What I've Learned: a series Quoted Studios produced with Esquire

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Executive Producer DAVID GERLACH
Interviewer CAL FUSSMAN
Illustrator JOE McKENDRY
Director PATRICK SMITH
Animator JENNIFER YOO

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