Don't look over your shoulder and don't use or abuse others to get ahead. Keep your eyes focused on your goals and keep working for what you believe in and what you want to accomplish.

Stand on the stage in front of 15 people or 15,000. Have them look up to you and tell you how wonderful you are, and if you don't think that's a great feeling, okay, then you're unlike me.

A man can never have too many pairs of sunglasses or too many guitars.

Be your own teacher. Let life write your textbook.

Dare to fail. If you never fail, you're never taken risks and that's no way to take on this life.

Rock and roll is a contact sport. I enjoy playing the tunes that really get the people going.

I just want to thank everyone for their support. Sometimes friends need the help of their friends to get by.

You know, no matter what I am or what I do for a living, I'm still, you know, the husband and the dad and the protector of the house, and I have to be conscientious about that.

We've been around for almost three decades now - there's about three generations of Bon Jovi fans.

You know, when you're an actor, you want to go to Hollywood. When you're a musician, you want to go to Nashville.

There's nothing like a love for our children. I love being a papa, and that's the truth.

Inspiration is always a surprising visitor.

for me, to say that I am yet to begin gives me the real reason not to look back and see what I have done but, to look ahead and see, understand and plan for what I am yet to do

People tell me how do they want you.. and I JUST DO STUFF... I JUST DO IT... THAT'S A FACT!

Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.

I like to do something I fear.

Life is malleable and the hammer is desire.

It's good to be on the edge, but I have never followed my mind. I have always followed my heart. And it has yielded the right results.

At a meta level, design connects the dots between mere survival and humanism.

In nighttime series, the actor gets billing up front on every episode.

Be open and honest, but perceptive to your boss's situation. That's my advice to graduates worried about working with a new boss.