Jon Bon Jovi

Jon: My wife says, "The devils not going to be red and have the horns, he's gonna look just like Sambora". (Jon motions with his hand to come here)

Jon: (Revealing he is panicing at losing his hair) Oh, let me tell you, I am so worried. I look at guys like Sting and think, 'Well, he's cool about losing his hair,' but I'm already losing a bit and I'm so aware of it. Someone told me that you have to regularly massage your scalp so I do that all the time. You look like a jerk but it's got to be worth a shot.

Jon: (On his neighbor teaching him to play the guitar) He asked me, 'Why do you want to learn to play?' I said, 'To get chicks, what else?' 'Good thinking', said Al, and the first song he taught me was 'House of the Rising Sun.' I was never very good at picking up girls, and I'm still not. I had no lines, so music was my method.

Jon: (talking about Richie Sambora) We've been through everything together and there was no way that we were not going to be there supporting Richie right now, and that's what we're doing. You know, it's one day at a time like everything else. He's been through the fire, and we've been there for him.

Jon: I am the Elvis Costello of movies and Tom Cruise in my music. I've been critically acclaimed in most of my television and film work, but I didn't sell any movie tickets, and with the band, it's like Tom Cruise - I've had all the commercial success you could dream of, but hey, the guy still doesn't have an Oscar. Whatcha gonna do?

Jon: (The reason he stayed in New Jersey) Well, NJ for me is home. Though I've been fortunate enough to live in other places, they were houses and not homes. I'm accustomed to the changing of seasons, football teams, bagels...LOL. I have no reason to want to leave.

Jon: (If he could have anyone living or dead to make the ultimate band and album) John Lennon would have to be in there, Elvis would have to be the singer. Songwriter, let's think about that for a minute. Um...you know what, I can't do that one. I can't think of my name right now.

Jon: (His favorite part about making an album) Writing the songs is absolutely my favorite part. You usually know when a good song has been written, and you're very anxious to start the recording of that song. At times the song will surprise you.

Jon: (Looking back on his career) It baffles me that all those people have bought our records. You put a number on it and start talking in hundreds of millions of records and think, "Is that possible?" You wonder if it's hype. Then you do something like American Idol and all those [contestants] are singing your songs and they're putting their whole game on the line singing your track. It's quite humbling, to be honest with you.

Jon: (What goes through his mind when his on stage) If it's a perfect night I'll think about anything but the show. It's an out of body experience that will have me planning the party at the bar or the restaurant we'll go to. If I'm thinking about the show something's going wrong.

Jon: (The secret to their success) If I knew that I'd bottle it and sell it.

Jon: (The process of selecting songs) You can't be repetitive. So if the subject matter has been covered before it's difficult to repeat yourself. You also want to say something that you won't mind singing in 20 years from now. The rest really was decided easily as the best songs do rise to the top.

Jon:(What the CD Bounce represents) It's a title that leaves itself open to interpretation. The idea behind it was the listener owns the record not just because they purchase it but because they make it their own like the way I felt when I was a kid and lived for the albums of my favorite bands. In the most simplistic form Bounce could mean the action of a ball or a kid jumping up and down or it can address the resiliency of the band or even our country in the face of adversity.

Jon (on his jacket): If you saw this coat on the rack you'd say, 'I could wear that.' You don't have to be a rock and roll star to do it. We modernized it a bit, toned it down a bit.

Jon (on earning money for charity): We've built 49 houses thus far in the last year, year and a half. After tonight's money, we're gonna build a lot more.

Jon: Success is falling nine times and getting up ten.

Jon: 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.

Jon: 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.

Jon: If you wanted to torture me, you'd tie me down and force me to watch our first five videos.

Jon: 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.

Jon: This is the way I look at sex scenes: I have basically been doing them for a living for years. Trying to seduce an audience is the basis of rock 'n roll, and if I may say so, I'm pretty good at it...Plus, being married and monogamous, it's the closest thing I can do to having sex without getting in trouble for it...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.

Jon: If people have to tell you how successful they are, they really aren't that successful. That's something I learned sweeping floors at this recording studio called the Power Station. Mediocre stars were the biggest pricks, and the big stars were the ones who came in and said, 'How're those demos going?' - Keep pushing.

Jon: My real friends and my family know that if I'm not working I'm miserable. It's not for monetary reasons. I already have fame and fortune. Now I want to find the greatness in things - which is why I was attracted to the arts in the first place. Slowly, I have fallen in love with acting.

Jon: I would love to be able to do both (acting and making music). If I look at someone like Sinatra, who toured until he was 80 and made 60 movies, that would be a great life to have.

Jon: (On being shy) Introverted maybe, but incredibly focused to do whatever it is that I want to do. If it's to go running this morning or to drink tonight, it's gonna be the whole bottle. I don't sip

Jon: Do you really want to know why I'm doing all this goodwill, and why I'm an ambassador for Habitat for Humanity and why I gave a million to (relief efforts for Hurricane) Katrina? It's because I feel guilty about the huge hole in the ozone layer my haircuts created. It's my responsibility to right the wrongs of the Eighties.

Jon Bon Jovi: I can't dance. I'm more Mick Jagger than Britney Spears.