Known best as a singer-songwriter, in 1983 he was the founder and frontman of a band that bears his name. Bon Jovi has four children, and is married to Dorothea Hurley (1989-present). Bon Jovi has two brothers, Anthony and Matthew. Bon Jovi is also a blood relative to the late great singer Frank Sinatra, who was Bon Jovi's great uncle on his father's side, according to a May 1988 issue of Spin Magazine (page 22). John was already in the Marines when they met. She met Bon Jovi's father after she enlisted in the United States Marines. Jon's mother, Carol Sharkey, was a former model and one of the first Playboy Bunnies. On March 2, 1962, in Perth Amboy, New Jersey to parents John Francis Bongiovi, Sr. But the body of works stands up to me and that’s pretty cool.Jon Bon Jovi, was born John Francis Bongiovi, Jr. Are there songs I’ll be remembered for? Sure, your casual reader is going to go, “ ‘Livin’ on a Prayer,’ that’s my life,” and they’ll go down the litany of hits.

And yet I look back on the catalog of music and I'm very proud of it. Some I love more than I remember, some I hate more than I remember.

I should put that record on.” So I started doing these joking one-minute record reviews (on Twitter). Someone said it's the 25th anniversary of “These Days,” so I thought, “25 years, my God. Q: Is there a song or album you’re proudest of?īon Jovi: One of the things that happened in the boredom of COVID was I started to listen to a couple of our older records, which I just wouldn't naturally do. I can still write a song and that's what matters to me most. I mean that with the utmost respect, but you got to know when it's time to go. I jokingly say, no one loved the Fat Elvis.

Q: So there are no more milestones you’d like to check off?īon Jovi: Honestly, at this point, what I'm hoping to do is to first and foremost enjoy it, and then keep integrity. I don't ever want to be on the 'Where are they now?' pile. It’s last because that is wonderful and all, but I don't live to tour. Recording it is second because you want to see if it was worth it. Writing is the closest thing that anyone will ever feel to immortality, it'll outlive you. Writing it is all I can really give a darn about. The only thing I care about in my career at this point is when I write a song. When you're just starting out, they're so beyond your reach. Jon Bon Jovi: I'm not driven by numbers I really don't think I ever was. Question: You’ve had the hits, the sales, the awards – what motivates you now?

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