“The wild thing is that when I'm in the band, I can control my destiny with four other guys. As a composer sitting in the audience, you can throw good vibes at everybody, but you can't control anybody's destiny, so it's really unsettling.”

American musician and songwriter, born 1962

David Bryan Rashbaum is an American musician and songwriter, best known as the keyboardist and a founding member of Bon Jovi. Born in 1962, he built his career in rock music and has 82 quotes on the site. He co-writes songs for Bon Jovi and also sings backing vocals. Beyond the band, he wrote the music and co-wrote the lyrics with Joe DiPietro for the musical Memphis, which earned him the Tony Award for Best Original Score. In 2018, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Bon Jovi.