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
I have to be happy in the here and now because I've seen that every time you start focusing on your legacy you're really setting yourself up for disappointment, you're basically presuming too much by even using the word legacy - that someone is going to care, that someone is going to look and to listen.
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?
It's understanding the intention of a composer that allows a producer and an arranger to make those moments speak
The Top 40 is geared toward 20 and under, not 20 and up. That's the audience I'm geared to
The bigger you are, the harder they come down on you
The whole industry evolves around a great song
We used to call it recurrent airplay when someone had a hit
With the internet, things are so much more immediate. People taste-test things to see if they want to buy the CD
One song will launch you, but you don't want to be a one-song artist
To sing along with Stevie Wonder, you had to make your voice do things it was not accustomed to doing
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.
Considering the amount of information we're bombarded by, it's amazing if a song can transcend time.
It's not quite the Tom Jones show, but yes, I've had undergarments. If I get a bra chucked on stage I'll hold it up so the audience can decide what to think. And I'll usually blame a guy for doing it.
Black music has increased my enjoyment of what I do. It has increased my range, my ability to reach into myself and accept myself.