I went to a radio station on Long Island in 1982, and thank goodness for me, it was so new that there was no receptionist. So the DJ opened up his booth, and took my tape and listened to it and thought it was a hit song.

Joseph High School in Metuchen New Jersey during his freshman and sophomore years. The handwritten Persian sign in the video translates to "we are one". He spoke directly to the promotion director John Lassman who accepted the song "Runaway" for inclusion on the station's compilation album of local homegrown talent.

In addition Jon Bon Jovi is the one of the majority owners of the AFL team Philadelphia Soul. As a songwriter Jon Bon Jovi was inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2009. He was also awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humanities from Monmouth University in 2001.