"I wasn't so sure about it at first," Bolton told Radio.com. "But it's so extremely different than what anybody expected of me, except anybody who really knew me.

The romantic crooner was so happy that people finally got a chance to see the real Michael Bolton, he decided to start his memoir, The Soul Of It All, with the tale of how the video for "Jack Sparrow" actually came to be.

Some may wonder why Bolton would start his book with something that happened so recently, but he said that was exactly the reason why he chose to begin that way.

"I think that probably starts with a kind of contemporary relevance," he explained. "What does it mean to people who are already fans of mine? They get a kick out of it because their kids are telling them about it."