Sting has opened up about his hit Broadway musical The Last Ship and says he was warned by Paul Simon to avoid the Great White Way at all costs.

Speaking with the Wall Street Journal, the Police rocker said that Simon was turned off to Broadway after his musical The Capeman was a relative flop.

According to Sting, Simon said, "If things start going badly, don't get anywhere near it. Don't tie yourself to the front of that train. It'll kill you."

Sting adds, however, that he was ready for a challenge before he attempted to launch the show.

"It's a difficult challenge, but I wouldn't have it any other way," he noted. "I knew going in this was not a shoo-in as a success.

It's a difficult subject. Doing a new, original musical is almost never done. You either do 'Beverly Hills Cop: The Musical' or 'Every Breath You Take: The Jukebox Musical.' I'm not interested.

I want to do something difficult. If I'm gonna fall off a ladder, I don't want to fall off the bottom rung."