I'm all for sharing music, but when people can download a whole record and pay nothing for it and then they share it with 100,000 other people, it's breaking down the whole business.

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.

There is only one ideal in the world, which is, the light of knowledge – the light of truth.

We can throw stones, complain about them, stumble on them, climb over them, or build with them.

Moderation has never yet engineered an explosion

In the time that man has been here there is one thing that all have seen and gazed upon in wonder. Luna.

I grew up learning to do more with less.

Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us.

Don't judge a man by where he is, because you don't know how far he has come.

We still have disgraceful policies on asylum seekers and Aboriginal Australians continue to die in custody.

Peace is the most powerful weapon of mankind.

The actual breakthrough in the privacy of the studio, when one dares to apply paint in a new manner, is a solitary thrill, dependent upon no one else.