Sting may be worth £180 million, but he is not planning on leaving that much for his children.

The Police frontman told the Daily Mail that he's been honest with his six children.

"I told [my children] there won't be much money left because we are spending it!" he said. "We have a lot of commitments. What comes in we spend, and there isn't much left. I certainly don't want to leave them trust funds that are albatrosses round their necks. They have to work. All my kids know that and they rarely ask me for anything, which I respect and appreciate."

The singer added that he would help his children if they needed it, but that he's never had to do that. It's because they have ambition and work ethic that they have been successful because they have not been given a lot, he said.

His daughter, Coco Sumner, has followed in his footsteps and is also a singer. She released her debut album "The Constant" under her band's name I Blame Coco.

Sting grew up poor. His mom was a hairdresser and his dad was a milkman.

And he credits the Queen Mother to influencing him.

"The Queen Mum waved and looked at me, and I looked back at her and that was it," he said. "There and there I thought, I am going to be rich, famous, successful and drive a Rolls-Royce like her."

He said that leaving home was necessary as the environment was not a happy one. Though his parents loved their children, they were not happy together.

The rockstar also spoke about how drugs helped him with the creative process.

"If I'm feeling stuck on a lyric or an idea isn't quite gelling, sometimes a puff of weed will free it up," he said. "I rarely smoke it socially. It's a tool, just as a pen is. I'm not alone. Several artists have used drugs to make great art. I certainly wouldn't advocate that you have to take drugs to make art, but then you can't nullify the work of The Beatles. They took LSD and they made fantastic albums."