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.

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.

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.

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.

People talk to old people like they're children.'Oh you're very old aren't you?' Yeah I'm old. I'm not stupid.

Well, sometimes things don't change on their own. Sometimes we have to change them.

When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.

But I guess that's the way it is. When you lose something irreplaceable, you don't mourn for the thing you lost. you mourn for yourself.

I talk to the audience, look into their eyes. I need them and they need me.

My mother and father have brought us up to respect everyone with the same equal love and honor them, and you're supposed to honor your profession.

We can change our whole life and the attitude of people around us simply by changing ourselves.

Macro worries are like sports talk radio. Everyone has a good opinion which probably means that none of them are good.

My wretched dragon is perplexed.

Fools are as like husbands as pilchards are to herrings, the husband's the bigger.