Quotes from Jon Bon Jovi

Success is falling nine times and getting up ten.

Passion, not pedigree, will win in the end.

I always think I'm the Tom Cruise of music - a lot of success and fans, but no critics, darling.

I went to a radio station on Long Island in 1982, and thank goodness for me, it was so new that there was no receptionist. So the DJ opened up his booth, and took my tape and listened to it and thought it was a hit song.

Time, ain't nothin, but time. It's a verse with no rhyme, and it all comes down to you.

Don't waste your time away thinkin' 'bout yesterday's blues.

I'm not a big disco guy.

I'm a football guy. Baseball, I enjoy it at playoff time.

I went to Catholic school in and out. I'm what you call a recovering Catholic. I have many major issues with the church.

Believe in love. Believe in magic. Hell, believe in Santa Clause. Believe in others. Believe in yourself. Believe in your dreams. If you don't, who will?

It's easy to say, 'I love you,' to someone, but it's more meaningful to thank someone for loving you.

You know these love letters mix with whisky, just don't light a match when you kiss me.

Map out your future - but do it in pencil. The road ahead is as long as you make it. Make it worth the trip.

Map out your future, but do it in pencil.

I always think I'm the Tom Cruise of music - a lot of success and fans, but no critics, darling.

Believe in love. Believe in magic. Hell, believe in Santa Clause. Believe in others. Believe in yourself. Believe in your dreams. If you don't, who will?

Don't get too comfortable with who you are at any given time - you may miss the opportunity to become who you want to be.

We are at a crossroads in the music business: with the rise of the internet, the world we live in has changed, and the past is not coming back. But I see the glass as half-full: the internet and social networking are new avenues for the next Bob Dylan to be born on.

The only thing I like more than my wife is my money, and I'm not about to lose that to her and her lawyers, that's for damn sure.

Miracles happen everyday, change your perception of what a miracle is and you'll see them all around you.

I like progress but I hate change.

Piano playing is a dying art. I love the fact that I can be one guy with one instrument evoking an emotional and musical experience.

I want to own an NFL franchise. I understand the business of football.

There's a vintage which comes with age and experience.