Michael Bolton
Michael Bolton
Michael Bolotin, known professionally as Michael Bolton, is an American singer and songwriter. Bolton originally performed in the hard rock and heavy metal genres from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, both on his early solo albums and those he recorded as the frontman of the band Blackjack. He became better known for his series of pop rock ballads, recorded after a stylistic change in the late 1980s...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth26 February 1953
CityNew Haven, CT
CountryUnited States of America
It's an important thing to remember where you came from.
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'm pretty irreverent. There is a lot of need to find humour in life. Although I'd never be as disrespectful to laugh at someone's expense.
I'm proud of my mentors. Ray Charles is the strongest influence on me as a singer
It's understanding the intention of a composer that allows a producer and an arranger to make those moments speak
I still get butterflies. It's because there's a certain level of responsibility you carry when doing a concert. You've got to sound at least as good as the record.
But I'm not superstitious. I don't really eat dinner before I go on stage, because digesting a lot of food kind of shuts you down. And I try not to get involved in emotional conversations with anyone beforehand either, so I've got a clear head.
The more complicated the movie, the more complex the budget, the more lonely it gets. There's a point where ... who do you go to, other than prayer and friends?
The Top 40 is geared toward 20 and under, not 20 and up. That's the audience I'm geared to
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.
With the internet, things are so much more immediate. People taste-test things to see if they want to buy the CD
Said I loved you but I lied, cause this is more than love I feel inside.
A lot of the greatest compositions were made famous by Sinatra.
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.