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
We've been around for almost three decades now - there's about three generations of Bon Jovi fans.
There's nothing like a love for our children. I love being a papa, and that's the truth.
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.
I'm on a search for my future ex-wife.
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.
I'm a lucky guy. I don't take for granted, for one minute, what I do.
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.
For me, success is being able to give back to your friends, your family, your community, those in need and the world entire.
I try to look at most of my solos as a musical piece within the song, not, say, showing off.
Solos are like sex, so it's surprising to me that there aren't more guys playing them
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 going to feel like and it doesn't prepare you.
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 treadmill the next day extra long, I'm happy.
I taught myself how to play the guitar, so I basically learned by a system of making mistakes.
Don't look over your shoulder and don't use or abuse others to get ahead. Keep your eyes focused on your goals and keep working for what you believe in and what you want to accomplish.