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

As a musician and a guitar player, I can noodle as well as anybody. But from my background as a session musician, I always try to play what is called for by the lyric and listening to the song. As a writer, that's what I do, too.

Embrace every challenge you have, every person you meet, every place you visit, every task you succeed at, and especially those at which you fail. You will learn from them all. You'll learn about the world at large and about other people but most important, you'll learn about yourself.

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

Rock and roll is a contact sport. I enjoy playing the tunes that really get the people going.

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.