Richie Sambora
Richie Sambora
Richard Stephen "Richie" Samborais 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth11 July 1959
CityPerth Amboy, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
Throughout my career as a songwriter, I've had a knack for writing songs that were about me and my life experiences and observations.
About two weeks before I left (to promote the new album), God just hit the creative gas pedal on me and I wrote like 14 new songs, ... So I have an album sitting in my pocket.
After you come see this band live, you're going to be converted.
I think what it all comes down to, first and foremost, is songwriting. Nashville has been famous for writing great songs.
I think what it all comes down to, first and foremost, is songwriting, ... Nashville has been famous for writing great songs.
I think anything that we can do to give back and help out in any way we can ... I think its a great thing.
Last time I saw you was backstage in Melbourne. You had just been through that thing with the guy and the rice.
Jon produced it. He did a very nice job, actually, ... Fly Me To The Moon.
I will do anything for anybody that asks me to do anything for a kid.
God, it feels as if we're as big as we've ever been.
I always felt there was some kind of nobility centered in my desire and passion for what I do.
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.
I'm talking about giving the people what they want. It's just like, you know, I don't wake up with perfect hair. It takes a certain creativity to get it right. Sometimes that's me, sometimes that's Miguel, my stupendous stylist.
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.