I'm a lucky guy. I don't take for granted, for one minute, what I do.

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.

Everyone is looking for approval and appreciation even when they ask for criticism.

Grace is giving yourself a free pass and realizing that it isn't free at all.

Invest in yourself to get the best interest.

Reading a book makes a conversation with the author (Robin Sharma on The Cure For Fear - Robin Sharma)

A = r + p (or Adventure equals risk plus purpose.)

We were either gonna win the game or win the fight.

It's a pity more men are not bastards by birth instead of vocation.

I have had to give up so much, so many selves and lives already. I have grown up and out of the rubble of my old lives, of things and people I have cared for.

my feet will want to walk to where you are sleeping but I shall go on living.

Death is the mother of forms.