“These good works with Habitat for Humanity have already made a difference to families in the city of Philadelphia. Since the inception of the Philadelphia Soul, our mission was to give back to this community. With the help of our friends at Sprint, we will be able to continue fulfilling that goal.”
Jon Bon Jovi
“Success is falling nine times and getting up ten.”
“Richie is the person I most want to share a foxhole with. He is as loyal as they come. He watched my back for 20 years. Like Tico said: “You know I love you, but I’m staring at your ass for 20 years.”
“To me the album ‘The Circle’ means: it’s never ending, and that represents who we are to each other. And to say it in a New Jersey way; it’s hard to get in, but even harder to get out.”
“We recorded the third album in Vancouver. There were a lot of strip bars, and in these strip bars the girls would be totally nude. And in this nude strip bar there were these showers, and then they would take the soap, and they would soap up, and they would come down the pole, and we were very young, and…”
“I saw Jon on stage, and I was like, WOW, that kid is a star. I knew it, immediately. He had the charisma, he had the chops, you know. I was the missing link, the missing piece.”
Richie Sambora
“JON: I played a little trumpet in high school, you know, in a marching band. I had one of those things, the cotton, cute hat. Sexiest rock star in the world right there! RICHIE: I didn’t know that… I know the guy for 26 years, and I didn’t know he was in a marching band. That’s cool! JON: Richie was in a band… RICHIE: NOT IN A MARCHING BAND!!!”
Jon & Richie (Bon Jovi)
