Quotes by Richie Sambora

About Richie Sambora:

Richard Stephen "Richie" Sambora is an American rock guitarist, producer, singer and songwriter who was the lead guitarist of the rock band Bon Jovi for 30 years. Sambora and lead singer Jon Bon Jovi formed the primary songwriting unit of the band. He has also released three solo albums: Stranger in This Town in 1991, Undiscovered Soul in 1998, and Aftermath of the Lowdown, released in September 2012.
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I've spent a lot of Thanksgivings on the road with my band, so anytime that I can spend Thanksgiving with my family in a traditional aspect, eating sweet potatoes and cranberries and stuffing and all the trappings of Thanksgiving and then get on a tr...

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I'm all for sharing music, but when people can download a whole record and pay nothing for it and then they share it with 100,000 other people, it's breaking down the whole business.

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Being in America isn't old-hat - it's where we're from - but I get excited to be in other parts of the world like Athens and Croatia, which were quite cool. I'm a sightseer. I go see the sights and museums. I'm into that kind of thing.

Richie Sambora

You look at your bank account, and you see the currency of love and happiness is more important than the currency of money.

Richie Sambora

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.

Richie Sambora

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 go...

Richie Sambora

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.

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Learning about all those different things psychologically - about grief and my own addictions and problems and stuff like that, and really getting an education on it, I think it was part of the process of it, learning about it and trying to lick it.

Richie Sambora

Stand on the stage in front of 15 people or 15,000. Have them look up to you and tell you how wonderful you are, and if you don't think that's a great feeling, okay, then you're unlike me.

Richie Sambora

There are a lot of really good guitar sounds and new kind atmospheres on the new Bon Jovi record. I think people are going to dig it, man. And it rocks hard.

Richie Sambora

I didn't check into rehab. Instead of me heading into a place - I was just drinking too much and I needed to get my life together. I'm still in therapy and stuff like that, but it's good. I'm great. I feel fine.

Richie Sambora

Songwriting is a give-and-take process, and it can lead to some good, healthy debates.

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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?

Richie Sambora

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

Richie Sambora

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

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Rock and roll is a contact sport. I enjoy playing the tunes that really get the people going.

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

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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.

Richie Sambora

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.

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A band is like a marriage, and if you're in a marriage with someone, and you lose yourself in that marriage, the relationship is over, really.

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Author Bio

  • NameRichie Sambora
  • Descriptionmusician, songwriter
  • BornJuly 11, 1959
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionGuitarist; Singer; Singer-songwriter; Banjoist; Composer