Jon Bon Jovi Net Worth

Jon Bon Jovi's Quotes

• This is the way I look at sex scenes: I have basically been doing them for a living for years. Trying to seduce an audience is the basis of rock 'n roll, and if I may say so, I'm pretty good at it...Plus, being married and monogamous, it's the closest thing I can do to having sex without getting in trouble for it...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."--Movieline, February 1998
• I would love to be able to do both (acting and making music). If I look at someone like Sinatra, who toured until he was 80 and made 60 movies, that would be a great life to have.
• Some people just court celebrity for the sake of it. People like Tom Cruise. He was always a great actor, but I think the man's lost it, lost it. You won't ever catch me jumping up and down on Oprah going on about how I love this woman. And then others start feeding off it. Suddenly, Katie Holmes is on the covers of magazines. These people claim they hate the intrusion that fame brings but then they bring it on themselves by having huge entourages everywhere they go, attracting attention to themselves. It's a great fallacy. Another one's Paris Hilton. Famous for being infamous. And the people who should be getting the attention, people like Bob Dylan, aren't. It's sad.
• I wrote the album during a time of extreme polarization in America. There was a war happening and it was dividing families. I realized the party that I was working for had lost but that we still had to come forward together as a nation. You can't be a sore loser. Hence the album title "Have a Nice Day". What drew me to politics in the first place was the fact that I wanted to have a place to take a stand and use my voice to express what I believed in. But I've no longer got any political aspirations. I feel that as a politician, fifty per cent of people would hate you before you even left the house. And I've never quite known what motivates politicians. Do they really believe in the cause that strongly or is it just the pursuit of power? I once flew on a plane with Bill Clinton and a reporter asked whose job was better, mine or the President's? I said that mine was, because I get to keep the plane and the house.
• "My real friends and my family know that if I'm not working I'm miserable. It's not for monetary reasons. I already have fame and fortune. Now I want to find the greatness in things - which is why I was attracted to the arts in the first place. Slowly, I have fallen in love with acting. And all the struggle here - the acting lessons, the indie movies - has taught me so much." (being in the limelight)

Interesting Facts about Jon Bon Jovi

1. His date of birth, Friday, March 2nd, 1962, is also a sports record history date. Late NBA athlete, Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points, as a Philadelphia Warrior against the New York Knicks, on the very same date. Final score of that game: Philadelphia Warriors 169 and New York Knicks 147.
2. Chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world [1996]
3. Auditioned for the role of Ashe in The Crow: City of Angels (1996), but lost out to French actor Vincent Perez.
4. Appeared on the Star Wars Christmas album, "Christmas in the Stars". (as John Bongiovi)
5. The acoustical performance of "Livin' on a Prayer" and "Wanted Dead or Alive" that Jon and Richie Sambora performed at the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards is widely acknowledged as being the genesis/greenlight for MTV's "Unplugged" series.
6. Given title "Sexiest Rock Star" by People Magazine. [November 2000]
7. Children, with Dorothea Hurley, Stephanie Rose (b. May 31, 1993), Jesse James Louis (b. February 19, 1995), Jacob Hurley (b. May 7, 2002) and Romeo Jon (b. March 29, 2004).
8. The song "August 7", from his solo album "Destination Anywhere", is a tribute to his friend/manager Paul Korzilius' daughter Katherine. She died at the age of six under mysterious circumstances on August 7, 1996.
9. Likes watching movies, driving cars, sleeping, eating junk food, working out at the gym, football, spending time with his family and playing with his dog Copper.
10. He has owned a few cars as well, a white Datsun 280Z in 1988, a 1958 Corvette 1988-1992, a Ferrari 328 GTSI 1988-1992; in 1995, Jon owned a Ferrari, Camaro, two Corvettes, some Jeeps, Mustang Shelby and a 1957 Lincoln Premier, some motorcycles, among them a Harley Davidson and a snowmobile. In 1996, he owned a Harley Davidson, black Mercedes and a red 91/92 Corvette. He loves sports cars, especially Porsches.
11. He has sensitive eyes against sunlight and cigarette smoke, that's why he always wears sunglasses. During spring he has allergies and hay fever.
12. He started smoking in 1994 during the making of Moonlight and Valentino (1995) but quit again. Picked it back up during the making of The Leading Man (1996) and after the 1996 tour because he "just likes it".
13. His paternal grandfather, Louis Bongiovi, was of Italian (Sicilian) descent, and his paternal grandmother, Elizabeth M. Benkovsky, was of Slovak ancestry. His maternal grandfather, Michael R. Sharkey, was of Polish descent, while his maternal grandmother, Martha W. Ludwig, was from a Swiss-German family.
14. Mother is Carol Sharkey, one of the first Playboy bunnies, perhaps she knew Marilyn Monroe. His father is John Frank Bongiovi.
15. Brother of Anthony M. Bongiovi and Matt Bongiovi.
16. Has worked on behalf of the Special Olympics, the American Red Cross, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation and other groups.
17. Son, Romeo Jon, born on March 29, 2004, and weighed 9 lbs. 7 oz.
18. He was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humanities from Monmouth University in 2001
19. Majority owner of the Philadelphia Soul (Arena Football League), which began play in 2004.
20. He was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, but he grew up in Sayreville, New Jersey.