NOTHING'S SAFE. NOTHING'S SACRED 

or 

"So Tell Me About The New Album"

"I hope that people will see I'm on a journey. It may or may not be successful, but it'll be honest. And I'll take chances; some will fail, but at least give me the opportunity to take the chances and continue this journey."

Destination Anywhere, the second solo album from Jon Bon Jovi, is a departure from what the public has come to expect from a Bon Jovi or Jon Bon Jovi project. The lyrics are closer to the chest, more introspective. The sound, less reliant on power guitar chords, delves into the world of programmed loops, samples & synthesizers. Destination Anywhere marks a new direction for Jon Bon Jovi and offers a challenge to the notion of who Jon Bon Jovi is as an artist.

"I think a lot of people are going to be surprised at what they hear. The one thing I said going into this was that everything would be the opposite of what was expected of me. This album is a lot more introspective, personal."

"I didn't want to be reliant on my past. So I took some chances in '96 and did this string of movies and now this solo record to find out more about who I am and write about it."
"Look, I'm going. 'Destination Anywhere, left or right, I don't care.' But I'm going somewhere and I've invited the listener to come."

"I was able to go away with my family for a while and for once look back and really enjoy the success. I found myself again, and I found a new independence. After that I knew I was ready for the next place. That is where "Destination Anywhere" came from. I know I am going somewhere, I'm just not sure where."

"I'm not sure where I'm going. I have no idea. People shouldn't be afraid to try new things. Take on a challenge. There are a lot of people whose lives in this world are ruled by fear."
"The way I'm thinking these days, anything that I want to do, I'm going to try it. And if it wins, it wins. If it loses, it loses. But at least I know I tried"

"I don't want to be Elvis in a white suit. It's just something that hit me last summer when I was doing multiple nights in stadiums. It was an unbelievable time, but if it meant I was only there because people were coming to hear the hits, then I'd rather walk away and try it in a different way."

"I was excited about the prospect of making a record that didn't sound like what was currently on the radio. And I wasn't following a trend... So I thought this was worth the risk."

"I hope people are gonna like it. I hope it doesn't turn anyone off, but in the same breath, I wanted to re-invent myself, try something new, and not just do the same-old-same-old. Some people do that and they do it very well; but for me, this record was about moving on and moving up. Seeing what came of it."

"All the songs on it are probably more personal than anything I've written. Anyone who has bought my records over the past 14 years may well turn their backs on it because it is very different to a Bon Jovi album. But I'm not doing it to please anyone but myself."

"I feel like I'm starting over again, but I'm doing it with the benefit of some incredible experience. In a way, it's kind of frightening, but in another way, it's exciting to have a challenge that I know will be better for me personally at the end."

"I'm not a guy who's going to give you 'You Give Love A Bad Name' every two years. I want to do other things. Some will be great and some won't. Being given the opportunity to fail is important."

"These are the greatest collection of introspective songs I've ever written."
"It wasn't any great conscious attempt to make a contemporary-sounding record. It was the idea that I wanted to experiment."

"Every album is an honest album. It's the best record you could make at that period in your life. It's just something that you wanted to say. Now, what the public buys nobody can figure out, because if you could, record companies would just make those kinds of bands all over again. Ultimately, you can't think of a record or an artist as a Batman franchise. With Batman you know what you are going to get when you walk into that theatre... but Batman is a fictional character. To want them as a fan and to recreate this product is a fair request but it's not reality because the artist is not a product, he is a guy. His life changes and he writes different things."

"With this record, I was able to get introspective and say things I haven't expressed before. I wrote the title 'Destination Anywhere' not knowing where I was going, and not caring - just knowing I wanted to GO. Admitting to your audience, 'I'm outta here' - that's pretty hard for them to take. When you say, 'Listen, I'm going. I don't know where, but I'm outta here', that's a cold thing to tell somebody. It's not that I'm not coming back but I don't want to become a greatest hits act."