Jon Bon Jovi

“My background's working class. My parents had to work to make ends meet. We don't come from any sense of privilege.”

“The only thing I like more than my wife is my money, and I'm not about to lose that to her and her lawyers, that's for damn sure.”

“There are those who advocate, and those who do. I'm not trying to slight my peers, but there is a difference between using a soapbox and actually getting your hands dirty. I've spent not only years and millions of dollars but hours and hours and hours of my time doing what I do, and that's very different from what anyone else is doing.”

“If people have to tell you how successful they are, they really aren't that successful.”

“Miracles happen everyday, change your perception of what a miracle is and you'll see them all around you.”

“The Rolling Stones set the bar to where I look to as a band. But I don't envision myself touring in the way they do. My knees won't hold out.”

“I went to Catholic school in and out. I'm what you call a recovering Catholic. I have many major issues with the church.”

“כולם מתייחסים למוזיקה שלהם כמו אל מותג. היום זה נורא שכיח כשיש לך כותבי שירים בקהילת ההיפ הופ שמקבלים כסף כדי להזכיר מוצר בשיר שלהם. הלסת שלי נשמטה כששמעתי את זה. אני לא עושה את זה. בוא נהיה ברורים – בחיים לא אעשה דברים כאלה.”

“הייתי ביותר ארוחות סדר מכל ילד קתולי מניו ג'רזי.”

“הצלחה זה ליפול תשע פעמים ולקום בפעם העשר.”

“אני רומנטיקן בסופו של דבר, ואני אוהב שיש סופים טובים.”

“מפֵה את העתיד שלך, אבל עשה זאת בעיפרון.”

“Success is falling nine times and getting up ten.”

“My philanthropy is no relation to anybody else's. None. My philanthropy and what we do at the foundation speaks for itself and has no relation to anyone's.”

“Believe in love. Believe in magic. Hell, believe in Santa Clause. Believe in others. Believe in yourself. Believe in your dreams. If you don't, who will?”

“You just stay the course, and do what it is that you do, and grow while you're doing it. Eventually it will either come full circle, or at least you'll go to bed at night happy.”

“I'm a football guy. Baseball, I enjoy it at playoff time.”

“Piano playing is a dying art. I love the fact that I can be one guy with one instrument evoking an emotional and musical experience.”

“I don't work well outside the lines; my report card once read, 'doesn't play well with others.'”

“You know these love letters mix with whisky, just don't light a match when you kiss me.”