Michael Bolton Quotes

"I'd like to write again with Bob Dylan again. I have some ideas about where I want to go and I'd love to work with him, at least lyrically. It was a really painless writing experience, again I was intimidated and star-struck - in awe of his brilliance and the music that I loved as a kid, the songs of his I did in clubs. When I was in his presence, I was a kid, trying to quiet my mind from this mantra of 'Oh my god this is Bob Dylan!'"

"A lot of my success comes from black music. It's something I'm very proud of."

"A lot of the greatest compositions were made famous by Sinatra."

"Black music has increased my enjoyment of what I do. It has increased my range, my ability to reach into myself and accept myself."

"Considering the amount of information we're bombarded by, it's amazing if a song can transcend time."

"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 understanding the intention of a composer that allows a producer and an arranger to make those moments speak."

"No matter how great we get with digital formats of instrumentation, nothing really quite duplicates the real thing."

"The whole industry evolves around a great song."

"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."

"We used to call it recurrent airplay when someone had a hit."

"When I started studying for the arias it was like going into training for a heavyweight title fight."

"When you have great songs that are going to live longer than the composers, everything you can do to bring those different elements and nuances out, serve the song."

"Whoever best serves the song is going to be served by the song."

"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."

"Dr. King is so inspiring, so impressive, so moving as a human being."

"For years I've kept a list of dream projects."

"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."