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
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?
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.
Its a combination of melody and lyrics, not one without the other. Its a confluence of these different elements that makes something powerful.
On singing in the swimming pool: "If I can move the water, I can move the people.
Whoever best serves the song is going to be served by the song
You know, fans who think we were made for each other and describe it in excruciating detail. You get peculiar things and beautiful things. But either way they're clearly thinking about you, which is nice.
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
Someone told me there was a publisher that could find a good home for my songs, but I didn't want to give up my pursuit of a career in the business as an artist
I love songwriting. It's second to my love for singing in how I express myself.
I accept that appearance is a big thing in this business. But being around Hollywood and having actor friends and doing music videos, it does make you more aware of how you look. With music videos they send you rough cuts, and in certain frames of me, I just see a nose advert.
No matter how great we get with digital formats of instrumentation, nothing really quite duplicates the real thing
To be honest I listen to the female opinion on my photos. If all the girls in the office choose a certain shot, even if I don't like it, it becomes a front runner because, really, what do I know about how others perceive me?
As you get older, your experiences become more precious. Nothing material is important to me. It's people who are precious.
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.