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.

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.