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Jonny says… 37

“I played a little ball -Pop Warner football, and baseball through my freshman year of high school- but once I hit 5'8", I stopped growing, so I got more and more serious about music. By the 10th grade I knew music would be my life, and luckily things turned out pretty well.”
JBJ, Sports Illustrated, 18.08.2003

(On his philanthropic work, about whether it’s a mid-life crisis for him)
“I don’t think it’s a crisis. I think it’s a great discovery not to be the self-centred singer in a rock band, and to do something for the common good. I think everyone goes through this. It comes with age and wisdom and experience.”
Sunday Times, June 10th, 2007

“I have no issue with a woman in power. My life has always been run by women. If it wasn’t my mother, it was my wife. And if it wasn’t my wife it was my daughter.”
December 27, 2007, Interview with Jeremy W. Peters

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Jonny says… 38


“You know, it's not about having to prove anything any more, I think we feel that less and less with each album - we know what we've achieved. But it's important to experiment. Without experimentation there wouldn't be growth, and you risk becoming something of a nostalgia act, trying to repeat past successes.”

(On getting seriously involved in politicis)
“I just don't think I'm as educated as you have to be to do that job to the best of your ability. You could fake it - know a bit about some things and surround yourself with good advisers for the rest, like quite a few politicians back home do - but I feel I can achieve a lot more with my philanthropic work.”

So that's a no, then?
Another fixed grin and a shrug: 'Look, never say never.'

Jon Bon Jovi: New Hair, Old Roots, 2007

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Jonny says… 39

"There's a song called Whole Lot Of Leaving, an obvious phone call home to my wife saying: 'Hey baby, be strong, because there's a whole lot of leaving going on.'

(About the writing process of Till We Ain’t Strangers Anymore)
“I'm there as the third person sitting on that bed while Richie's telling Heather or Dave's telling April that they're strangers and I'm there telling them there's light at the end of the tunnel.

"There's another song called Seat Next To You. For Richie, it was about missing his father. For me, it was about missing my girl when I'm away."

"One of those big publishers gave us a million dollars recently to write a book about our experiences, but we just gave the money right back because it's no one's business. They wanted the cliched story about being a rock star and I'm not going to tell them. It doesn't mean it didn't happen and doesn't mean it did happen; it just means, isn't there anything more important to talk about?"

Daily Mail, June 2007

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Jonny says… 40

You must be the only rock star still married to his high-school sweetheart.
That's not true. There's Bono. I can't even say I'm the only rock star whose name begins with B, or Bo, or even Bon.

Isn't your wife a karate expert? Couldn't she kick your butt?
Probably. But I run faster.

You have four kids—but I haven't seen photos of any of them!
That's right. I'm not a media ...

Whore?
[Laughs] Right. I don't show up at every premiere or walk out of every hotel with the kids. It's my profession, not theirs.

I've noticed over the years that you sometimes have a hairy chest and sometimes it's completely bare.
Cultivating the crops. Grow them and cut them down. And then I sell them.

Newsweek, June 25, 2007

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Jonny says… 41

Your music is often defined as soft rock or rock light. How do you feel about that?
You can call it whatever you want - it's Bon Jovi.

Has your music changed as you have got older?
I'd like to think it has progressed without pandering to an audience or jumping on to bandwagons, or fads and fashions. Things came in and out of fashion. We just stayed on our own road and grew up in public. We've been making records for 24 years now. I'd like to think the body of work pretty much speaks for itself.

Is it true that you hit a depression and didn't know what to do next?
Sure. There is a reason why it is called the music business. It was a drag to find out it wasn't just about music, it was about running a business, but you either get over that hump or you fall back into a lesser state of success or eventual breaking-up or obscurity or whatever.

Hannah Pool - Thursday June 7, 2007, The Guaridan

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Jonny says… 42

- What kind of a person are you to work with?
- Asshole. Just a fuckin’ asshole. I push people to their limit, I think. Including myself. I dare you to work harder, you know? That’s my attitude.
JBJ - 1989, during an interivew in Russia

"I can't f**king dance a lick. I move a little. I'm athletic. I like to run around. I'm more (MICK) JAGGER than BRITNEY (SPEARS)." JON BON JOVI attempts to explain his on-stage movement.
02/03/2006 contactmusic.com

"Why's it always gotta be me, me, me and my tax dollars and 'Give me mine'as opposed to we, we, we and taking care of those less fortunate. I don't want to be a politician. No desire whatsoever. It's just giving back to the community."
September 5th, 2008, NJ

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Çok güzel ya bunları okumak, özellikle 40'takilerde çok komik bir günündeymiş belli ki :D

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Çok güzel ya bunları okumak, özellikle 40'takilerde çok komik bir günündeymiş belli ki :D

Ben de artık pek okunmuyor diye bunları eklemeyi bayağı bayağı askıya aldıydım.. n'apsam, kaldığım yerden devam mı etsem acaba? ;)

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Ben de artık pek okunmuyor diye bunları eklemeyi bayağı bayağı askıya aldıydım.. n'apsam, kaldığım yerden devam mı etsem acaba? ;)
Ben zamanında hepsini okuyamamıştım, bu aralar canım sıkıldıkça bu coni sez'lere bulaşıyorum. Güzel bir çalışma, iyi de bir kaynak oluyor. Sen bilirsin ama iyi olur tabii :cool::)

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Jonny says … 43


"Today I believe we're starting something.Together, I believe we can make a difference, one street, one neighborhood, one city, one soul at a time."

Sept. 2nd, 2008 NJ - "The Genesis Apartments" Project Press Conference


“I’ve been really blessed. I don’t know what I did right in the last life or I gotta pay for it in the next life, one or the other, but I’ve been very lucky.”

JBJ, on Mtv Music Awards, 1997


“If they (his children) see my work ethic, maybe that will instill that in them. I work hard at whatever I do, whether it’s the football team, the philanthropic work or making records.”

JBJ, The Sunday Times 2007