Jon Bon Jovi Quotes

All I've ever wanted to do was play music and go on the road and make records.

I was on the road with Jerry Lee Lewis when I was 15 - I can't imagine not doing it. That's what I do.

Here I am, on the road again. There I am, up on the stage. Here I go, playing star again. There I go, turn the page.

I've played in practically every city in Scotland, and loads of towns as well. I just feel very grateful that I'm able to do that.

By the time I was about 15, I was out playing gigs and knew I was going to be a musician.

Chris Martin has this voice that resonates through a whole arena.

On the street, people think I'm a guitar-carrying band member with a rock-n'-roll lifestyle, but the closest I have ever got to being one is probably lip-synching.

I started playing in punk-rock bands and touring when I was 15, so I missed high school.

When I wrote the first album I had never played live before, and I'd never been on tour. So that was really just me and my guitar.

I come to America because if you're a rock 'n' roll musician you should come here every chance you get.

I've always been a little bit in the background as a singer and even as an acoustic-guitar player, although I crank it up and rock with my Marshall stacks, too.

The first time I went on stage as an adult was touring with the Johnny Cash Show. I'd sang as a child. But my grown-up initiation was as part of that band.

I think it's everyone's dream to tour the world to play music.

It was shocking to see Nirvana play, because it was like, "Here's this little guy with a monster-guitar sound." And it was heavier than Black Sabbath. That was shocking.

Back when I was in high school, I came out onstage with my guitar and had four guys playing behind me. We were just playing a dance, but I was standing in front of an audience rocking out. I'm still rocking out like when I was a kid. I haven't changed.

I play music as much as I can. I have a band called The Abiders. We've put out a couple of albums you can find on iTunes. We tour and all that stuff, so music is very much a part of my life.

I was a guitar player on the streets of Asbury Park and already a member in good standing amongst those who lie in service of the truth - artists with a small A. But I held four clean aces. I had youth, almost a decade of hardcore bar band experience, a good group of homegrown musicians who were attuned to my performance style, and a story to tell.

That's all I wanted to do as a kid. Play a guitar properly and jump around. But too many people got in the way.

I'd like to make a show with Keith Richards.

I'd love to play a full-out rocking chick.

It's the most psychedelic experience I ever had, going to see Hendrix play. When he started to play, something changed: colors changed, everything changed.

A musician's biography is written wherever he performs; everybody hears what he is playing.

Touring is my favorite part of being a musician. All the places I've traveled and lived affect me in many different ways. Good and bad.

I was used to hanging out late after playing a gig - you mix adrenaline with alcohol and you can stay up all night.

When you're a touring musician, you're always turning over new rocks and there's always a certain level of tension in your life.