Michael Bolton Quotes
-
Considering the amount of information we're bombarded by, it's amazing if a song can transcend time.
-
It's understanding the intention of a composer that allows a producer and an arranger to make those moments speak.
-
A lot of my success comes from black music. It's something I'm very proud of.
-
I'm proud of my mentors. Ray Charles is the strongest influence on me as a singer.
-
When I started studying for the arias it was like going into training for a heavyweight title fight.
-
We used to call it recurrent airplay when someone had a hit.
-
I was blown away by the control and the range that I was hearing. I'm listening to Pavarotti and thinking, What the hell have I been doing with my voice all these years?
-
There are certain people who have become better artists, but they're brilliant at marketing. I think someone who's been phenomenal like that is Madonna.
-
Sinatra, here's a guy who plays a tough guy in all his movies, but was allowed to be vulnerable when he stepped up to the microphone.
-
I have to be happy in the here and now because every time you start focusing on your legacy you're really setting yourself up for disappointment.
-
I kept looking to do songs that were written years ago and would live or outlive all of us, and the one thing they had in common was Sinatra.
-
It's an important thing to remember where you came from.
-
I have friends who've tried to break into the UK, who went back with their tails between their legs. Fortunately I've had the opposite experience.
-
For years I've kept a list of dream projects.
-
To sing along with Stevie Wonder, you had to make your voice do things it was not accustomed to doing.
-
No matter how great we get with digital formats of instrumentation, nothing really quite duplicates the real thing.
-
Whoever best serves the song is going to be served by the song.
-
I love songwriting. It's second to my love for singing in how I express myself.
-
It's a combination of melody and lyrics, not one without the other. It's a confluence of these different elements that makes something powerful.
-
With the internet, things are so much more immediate. People taste-test things to see if they want to buy the CD.
-
Black music has increased my enjoyment of what I do. It has increased my range, my ability to reach into myself and accept myself.
-
You can't make everybody love what you do, but you can know how great you feel doing it.
-
You're presuming too much by using the word legacy - presuming that someone is going to care.
-
When I was invited to sing with Pavarotti, I had about two weeks to learn Italian.