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
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?
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.
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.
Songwriting is a give-and-take process, and it can lead to some good, healthy debates.
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.
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.
The Army guys were kind enough to give us their big theater they have there, and at the end of the rehearsals, we're going to do a show for all of the (soldiers) and their families, ... It's not open to the public. We're just doing anything we can do. Really, it's just any time you can give back to those guys who are out there fighting for our freedom, for God's sakes.
I was the lead singer in a lot of the bands I was in. You have to be comfortable. You gotta get up there and sell the song. You have to get up there and sell the lyric. You gotta be able to feel it.
The real story is that there is no story. The truth is that after 11 years together, we are still happily married. Boring but true.
Yeah, you know, I'm driving on Highway 9, or I'm driving on the New Jersey Turnpike. You'd think that all people in New Jersey do is drive around. That's just not true, and fairly irresponsible on Bruce's part.