Musician

I'm on a search for my future ex-wife.

Songwriting is a give-and-take process, and it can lead to some good, healthy debates.

That got me thinking. Bon Jovi kills in Jersey. Just kills. We did Atlantic City this past winter and man, you wouldn't believe the intensity in that crowd. Can I just talk for a minute about how amazingly hot Heather is?

You know, when you're an actor, you want to go to Hollywood. When you're a musician, you want to go to Nashville.

We've been around for almost three decades now - there's about three generations of Bon Jovi fans.

Going through the grief period of my dad and losing him - that was the worst thing because you know when you get that call. When you are seven, eight years old, you have that almost vision in your mind of what that's going to be like and what your going to feel like and it doesn't prepare you.

Being in America isn't old-hat - it's where we're from - but I get excited to be in other parts of the world like Athens and Croatia, which were quite cool. I'm a sightseer. I go see the sights and museums. I'm into that kind of thing.

I try to look at most of my solos as a musical piece within the song, not, say, showing off.

I might have been a psychologist. It interests me.

At the end of the day, if you're going to buy a can of Coke, you want the real thing.

Songwriting is something that's very daunting until you have your first successful song, I think.

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.

I taught myself how to play the guitar, so I basically learned by a system of making mistakes.

I know Mick Jagger wouldn't tour without Keith Richards and call it the Rolling Stones.

Learning about all those different things psychologically - about grief and my own addictions and problems and stuff like that, and really getting an education on it, I think it was part of the process of it, learning about it and trying to lick it.

I always felt there was some kind of nobility centered in my desire and passion for what I do.

There are a lot of really good guitar sounds and new kind atmospheres on the new Bon Jovi record. I think people are going to dig it, man. And it rocks hard.

I was the lead singer in a lot of the bands I was in. You have to be comfortable. You gotta get up there and sell the song. You have to get up there and sell the lyric. You gotta be able to feel it.

I'm a lucky guy. I don't take for granted, for one minute, what I do.

I didn't check into rehab. Instead of me heading into a place - I was just drinking too much and I needed to get my life together. I'm still in therapy and stuff like that, but it's good. I'm great. I feel fine.