Songwriting is something that's very daunting until you have your first successful song, I think. Richie Sambora More Quotes by Richie Sambora More Quotes From Richie Sambora Embrace every challenge you have, every person you meet, every place you visit, every task you succeed at, and especially those at which you fail. You will learn from them all. You'll learn about the world at large and about other people but most important, you'll learn about yourself. Richie Sambora importantchallengespeople 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. Richie Sambora feelingspeoplethinking Be your own teacher. Let life write your textbook. Richie Sambora textbookswritingteacher Somehow, you need to cling to your optimism. Always look for the silver lining. Always look for the best in people. Try to see things through the eyes of a child. See the wonder in the simplest things. Never stop dreaming. Believe anything is possible. Richie Sambora dreambelievechildren Dare to fail. If you never fail, you're never taken risks and that's no way to take on this life. Richie Sambora risktakenway A man can never have too many pairs of sunglasses or too many guitars. Richie Sambora sunglassesguitarmen As a musician and a guitar player, I can noodle as well as anybody. But from my background as a session musician, I always try to play what is called for by the lyric and listening to the song. As a writer, that's what I do, too. Richie Sambora guitarplayersong Seize every opportunity you have to learn. Keep your eyes and ears wide open and seize life — don't let the moments slip through your fingers like a fistful of sand. Be your own teacher. Let life write your textbook. Richie Sambora eyewritingteacher Rock and roll is a contact sport. I enjoy playing the tunes that really get the people going. Richie Sambora rock-and-rollrockssports I'm on a search for my future ex-wife. Richie Sambora ex-wifemy-futurewife I taught myself how to play the guitar, so I basically learned by a system of making mistakes. Richie Sambora guitarplaymistake I know Mick Jagger wouldn’t tour without Keith Richards and call it the Rolling Stones. Richie Sambora rollingkeithstones 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. Richie Sambora addictiongriefthinking I'm a lucky guy. I don't take for granted, for one minute, what I do. Richie Sambora grantedluckyguy You know, no matter what I am or what I do for a living, I'm still, you know, the husband and the dad and the protector of the house, and I have to be conscientious about that. Richie Sambora dadhusbandhouse I just want to thank everyone for their support. Sometimes friends need the help of their friends to get by. Richie Sambora supportwantneeds You know, when you're an actor, you want to go to Hollywood. When you're a musician, you want to go to Nashville. Richie Sambora nashvillehollywoodmusician We've been around for almost three decades now - there's about three generations of Bon Jovi fans. Richie Sambora generationsfansthree There's nothing like a love for our children. I love being a papa, and that's the truth. Richie Sambora papalove-ischildren I try to look at most of my solos as a musical piece within the song, not, say, showing off. Richie Sambora musicalsongtrying
