Michael Bolton Quotes

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• For years I've kept a list of dream projects.
• I love songwriting. It's second to my love for singing in how I express myself.
• You're presuming too much by using the word legacy - presuming that someone is going to care.
• 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.
• It's an important thing to remember where you came from.
• A lot of my success comes from black music. It's something I'm very proud of.
• Black music has increased my enjoyment of what I do. It has increased my range, my ability to reach into myself and accept myself.
• Considering the amount of information we're bombarded by, it's amazing if a song can transcend time.
• 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.
• 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…
• Whoever best serves the song is going to be served by the song
• 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…
• To sing along with Stevie Wonder, you had to make your voice do things it was not accustomed to doing
• One song will launch you, but you don't want to be a one-song artist
• With the internet, things are so much more immediate. People taste-test things to see if they want to buy the CD
• We used to call it recurrent airplay when someone had a hit
• The whole industry evolves around a great song
• The bigger you are, the harder they come down on you
• The Top 40 is geared toward 20 and under, not 20 and up. That's the audience I'm geared to
• It's understanding the intention of a composer that allows a producer and an arranger to make those moments speak

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