Explore Quotes by Richie Sambora

When you walk out in front of an audience of over 70,000 people, you've got to be on your game. They deserve it.

The early Bon Jovi stuff I can't stand. I just think we didn't have our stylistic voice. But some people love some of that stuff.

I might have been a psychologist. It interests me.

Throughout my career as a songwriter, I've had a knack for writing songs that were about me and my life experiences and observations.

I've had a very, very interesting view of the planet over the last 30 years, touring as excessively as I have. And music is the most evocative, transformative, connective force in humanity, man.

I'm on a search for my future ex-wife.

I just want to thank everyone for their support. Sometimes friends need the help of their friends to get by.

Going through the grief period of my dad and losing him - that was the worst thing because you know when you get that call. When you are seven, eight years old, you have that almost vision in your mind of what that's going to be like and what your going to feel like and it doesn't prepare you.

You know, when you're an actor, you want to go to Hollywood. When you're a musician, you want to go to Nashville.

When you're making a record, you try to achieve stylistically what fits on you. Like a good old coat, you know what I mean?

There's nothing like a love for our children. I love being a papa, and that's the truth.

I always felt there was some kind of nobility centered in my desire and passion for what I do.

I taught myself how to play the guitar, so I basically learned by a system of making mistakes.

I know Mick Jagger wouldn't tour without Keith Richards and call it the Rolling Stones.

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

We've been around for almost three decades now - there's about three generations of Bon Jovi fans.

I love being a dad. I'd have more kids if I could. I'd take a couple more, one or two more before I croak.

You know, no matter what I am or what I do for a living, I'm still, you know, the husband and the dad and the protector of the house, and I have to be conscientious about that.

I want the people of New Jersey to jump off a cliff like Kurt Vonnegut so I can show them how to fly. This way, nobody needs to grow any wings, which would be impossible anyway because we're humans and not some kind of bird.

I'm a homebody, really, when it comes down to it.

I was the lead singer in a lot of the bands I was in. You have to be comfortable. You gotta get up there and sell the song. You have to get up there and sell the lyric. You gotta be able to feel it.