Jon Bon Jovi Quotes - Page 3

We are at a crossroads in the music business: with the rise of the internet, the world we live in has changed, and the past is not coming back. But I see the glass as half-full: the internet and social networking are new avenues for the next Bob Dylan to be born on.

Thank you for loving me For being my eyes When I couldn't see For parting my lips When I couldn?t breathe Thank you for loving me

It's a little hard for me to stand behind the walls of the great mansion and play rock and roll star. I feel the need to give back.

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

Some of my best friends are gay guys, and they said, "You're so straight, we're not interested."

We've been gone five years and the best they could come up with was boy bands?

I'd rather die than fade away

I walk these streets, a loaded six string on my back I play for keeps, 'cause I might not make it back; I been everywhere, and I'm standing tall I've seen a million faces an I've rocked them all.

With an iron-clad fist, I wake up and French-kiss the morning.

You don't need fancy sneakers to run fast

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

Don't waste your time away thinkin' 'bout yesterday's blues.

New Jersey shaped who and what I am. Growing up in Jersey gave you all the advantages of New York, but you were in its shadow. Anyone who's come from here will tell you that same story.

Women have always ruled my life, be it my mother, my wife, my assistant, or my daughter, so I don't really fight with them. I relinquished control years ago.

What drew me to politics in the first place was the fact that I wanted to have a place to take a stand and use my voice to express what I believed in. But I've no longer got any political aspirations. I feel that as a politician, fifty per cent of people would hate you before you even left the house.

I was a boy toy for a bunch of women.

Nothing is as important as passion.

And I laughed so hard I think I died

I have had some sorry-ass looks, but I'm the first one to laugh. I'm either to credit or to blame for the '80s.

The spirits, they intoxicate me. I watched them infiltrate my soul. They try to say it's too late for me. Once I was promised absolution, there's only one solution for my sins. And I blame this world, for making a good man evil. Now I ain't getting into heaven, if the devil has his way.

Heaven looks a lot like New Jersey.

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.

New songs are why artists go on the road. That's why I go on the road. It's a three-prong play. Writing: You're intrigued. Recording: It brings it to life. And then you want to share it.

I might have been through some changes, but changing the way I look wasn't one of the major ones. To be honest. I'm sick of the whole subject of my hair. I mean, are you just sitting there looking at my hair, or are you looking at me?

Tonight I'll dust myself off, tonight I'll suck my gut in, I'll face the night and I'll pretend I got something to believe in.