Michael Bolton

A lot of the greatest compositions were made famous by Sinatra.

Dr. King is so inspiring, so impressive, so moving as a human being.

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 disappointment.

It's a combination of melody and lyrics, not one without the other. It's a confluence of these different elements that makes something powerful.

It's understanding the intention of a composer that allows a producer and an arranger to make those moments speak.

One song will launch you, but you don't want to be a one-song artist.

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.

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.

To sing along with Stevie Wonder, you had to make your voice do things it was not accustomed to doing.

When I was invited to sing with Pavarotti, I had about two weeks to learn Italian.

You're presuming too much by using the word legacy - presuming that someone is going to care.

For years I've kept a list of dream projects.

It's an important thing to remember where you came from.

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.

The bigger you are, the harder they come down on you.

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.

With the internet, things are so much more immediate. People taste-test things to see if they want to buy the CD.

I love songwriting. It's second to my love for singing in how I express myself.

No matter how great we get with digital formats of instrumentation, nothing really quite duplicates the real thing.