Teri, I agree whole-heartedly!
Some people just dont get it!  I met this bass player who met Sting in '85.  He just blew off the meeting to me by saying "I told Sting that I played some Police songs in my sets and he said "I'm flattered"".  Like it was no big deal.  I would give a kidney for just such a chance.
 
    I actually had a teacher who went to school with Sting.  He said that he (my teacher) was actually a year younger then Sting and that his older brother was Stings school chum.  I think i was born two decades too late and on the wrong side of the ocean.  Life isnt fair. 
Jane