For years I've kept a list of dream projects. (Michael Bolton)
A lot of my success comes from black music. It's something I'm very proud of. (Michael Bolton)
One song will launch you, but you don't want to be a one-song artist. (Michael Bolton)
This has been five or six years of the most difficult experience of my entire life. (Michael Bolton)
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' (Michael Bolton)
Dr. King is so inspiring, so impressive, so moving as a human being. (Michael Bolton)
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. (Michael Bolton)
You can't make everybody love what you do, but you can know how great you feel doing it. (Michael Bolton)
You cry when you see these kids around the world, ... would never be able to afford the (hearing aids) and had no knowledge they would be able to hear. (Michael Bolton)
We used to call it recurrent airplay when someone had a hit. (Michael Bolton)
When Coretta Scott King invited me to come to Atlanta and give a speech and sing at a tribute to her last year, I decided to write a song for her and sing it directly to her. I was studying her words and history, and I wrote 'The Courage in Your Eyes.' I look at those pictures of her standing with Dr. King -- she was a rock. (Michael Bolton)
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. (Michael Bolton)
The bigger you are, the harder they come down on you. (Michael Bolton)
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. (Michael Bolton)
Black music has increased my enjoyment of what I do. It has increased my range, my ability to reach into myself and accept myself. (Michael Bolton)