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
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.
You're presuming too much by using the word legacy - presuming that someone is going to care.
I like the simple 'I love your work' letters. You never get sick of people's appreciation. They think they're troubling you, but it's lovely people associate my songs with certain moments in their lives.
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
For years I've kept a list of dream projects.
Said I loved you but I lied, cause this is more than love I feel inside.
You can't make everybody love what you do, but you can know how great you feel doing it.
Dr. King is so inspiring, so impressive, so moving as a human being.
Tonight I feel like a prisoner on fire, waiting desperately... denied, sentenced forever more. Only your love can set me free.
When your car is about to go off a cliff, it’s a weird time to be thinking about gas mileage and drag coefficients; better to take the right control action—look out the window and steer or use the brake until you’re back on course.
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.
A 'passing' test doesn't mean 'no problem.' It means no problem *observed*. This time. With these inputs. So far. On my machine.
A lot of my success comes from black music. It's something I'm very proud of.