Stewart Copeland Net Worth

Stewart Copeland's Quotes

• Smile my friends, in show-biz you have to take the rough with the smooth.
• Classical music was always going through my head. Even when I listened to Hendrix [Jimi Hendrix] I imagined strings around him. I was never into opera, though. I had a problem with the singers. That exaggerated vibrato. It obscures the melody. Then I saw Wagner [Richard Wagner]'s "Parsifal" and I got it - overwrought dramatic subjects and overwrought dramatic music sobbing with emotion. When the opportunity to write one came, I thought, "There's nothing wrong with opera that a good opera wouldn't fix".
• When I was a film composer under a deadline those instruments would gather dust. And any time I spent hooting away on my bass clarinet just for the fun of it felt like time wasted. Then I came to the realization that it's not goofing off, that's what I'm here for.
• I am a crusader, educating musicians who have the depth of talent for large-scale enterprises. I encourage them. It's really a lot of fun. It's magnificent when you hear the orchestra pump it out. Learning to score a chart is easier than learning French. There are fewer words and, being musicians, the people I'm talking about already have that covered.
• I was not a big fan of opera. I didn't really "get" the first few I saw until I saw a David Hockney production of "Tristan". That was en education as to what it's all about with opera: the power, the majesty, the kick-ass of a big orchestra and a big story.

Interesting Facts about Stewart Copeland

1. Lived in Egypt and Lebanon for a time when he was young due to his parents' careers (his father was in the CIA and his mother was an archaeologist.)
2. Copeland's father, Miles Copeland, was a trumpeter in Glenn Miller's Air Force Band, and later became a founding agent in the CIA.
3. He was the founding member of The Police with future soloist Sting. The group had five #1 singles in the UK between 1979 and 1983 before breaking up in 1986.
4. His brother Miles A. Copeland III was the founder of IRS Records, an A&M subsidiary, in the 1980s.
5. Brother of Ian Copeland
6. He is fluent in Arabic, the main language spoken during his childhood.
7. On Sept. 1, 2002, he was presented as the drummer in a re-united version of The Doors. The band, also dubbed "The 21st Century Doors", features original band members Robby Krieger and Ray Manzarek, with lead singer of The Cult, Ian Astbury, on vocals.
8. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of The Police) on 10 March 2003.
9. Has six children. With his first wife, he had three sons (Sven, Jordan, and Scott). With his current wife, he has three daughters (Eve, Grace, and Celeste).
10. Lives in Los Angeles.
11. Attended The American Community School of Beirut in Lebanon as a child.
12. Step-cousin of Courteney Cox.
13. Co-founder, w/Miles A. Copeland III, of Ark 21 Records in 1997.
14. He is recognized as a virtuoso on the hi-hat. For this reason, Peter Gabriel recruited him to play the hi-hat on his 1986 song "Red Rain". Copeland is the first musician heard on the record.
15. Is the only member of The Police who is American.
16. He considers the second Police album, Regatta De Blanc, which came out in 1979, as the best work they've done together.
17. He may not look like a headbanger, but Stewart is actually a fan of heavy metal music. He enjoys the music of Sepultura and Slipknot, among many others. In fact, after watching Slipknot's drummer Joey Jordison in concert, Stewart was so electrocuted by the performance that he went out and bought a double bass drum pedal.