"I don't need to manufacture trauma in my life to be creative. I have a big enough reservoir of sadness or emotional trauma to last me"

This quote by Sting talks to the concept that imagination does not need to be required or made. He suggests that he has a large enough tank of unhappiness and emotional trauma to draw from in order to be innovative. This suggests that he does not need to produce additional trauma in his life in order to be imaginative. He is recommending that he has enough of his own experiences to draw from in order to produce art. This quote speaks to the concept that imagination can come from a place of pain and unhappiness, which it is not needed to develop extra injury in order to be imaginative. It is a tip that imagination can come from within, and that it is not necessary to develop additional trauma in order to be imaginative.