Quotes from Michael Bolton

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?

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.

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.

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?

Said I loved you but I lied, cause this is more than love I feel inside.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

To sing along with Stevie Wonder, you had to make your voice do things it was not accustomed to doing.

The bigger you are, the harder they come down on you.

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

A 'passing' test doesn't mean 'no problem.' It means no problem *observed*. This time. With these inputs. So far. On my machine.

I love songwriting. It's second to my love for singing in how I express myself.

Tonight I feel like a prisoner on fire, waiting desperately... denied, sentenced forever more. Only your love can set me free.

You can't make everybody love what you do, but you can know how great you feel doing it.

It's an important thing to remember where you came from.

The Top 40 is geared toward 20 and under, not 20 and up. That's the audience I'm geared to.

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.