MY FIRST GUEST
TONIGHT HAS SOLD OVER 130
MILLION ALBUMS AND IN APRIL WILL
BE INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK 'N'
ROLL HALL OF FAME.
PLEASE WELCOME JON BON JOVI.
♪ I'M A COWBOY
ON A STEEL HOURS I RIDE
♪ I SAID I'M WANTED
DEAD OR ALIVE
♪ SAID I'M WANTED
DEAD OR ALIVE ♪
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: THERE YOU GO.
WOW.
>> THANK YOU!
>> Stephen: HI.
>> HI!
>> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU
AGAIN.
>> WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING
ME.
>> Stephen: DO YOU REMEMBER
THE FIRST TIME WE MET?
>> I DO REMEMBER.
>> Stephen: YOU DO.
>> YOU'VE DONE A LOT TO THIS
PLACE.
IT LOOKS GOOD.
>> Stephen: RIGHT, RIGHT.
>> LAST TIME I WAS HERE IT WAS A
REAL (BLEEP).
( LAUGHTER )
NOW THAT WE CAN SAY THAT ON
NATIONAL TELEVISION.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
WELCOME TO THE NEW CBS.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WE WERE AT-- IT
WAS THE PARTY BEFORE THE
GRAMMYS.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: CLIVE DAVIS HAS
THIS FAMOUS PARTY THE NIGHT
BEFORE THE GRAMMYS.
AND IT WAS THE GREATEST TABLE OF
ALL TIME.
>> IT WAS.
>> Stephen: IT WAS SHERYL
CROW, YOU, RICHIE SAMBORA, ME,
AND MY 14-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER.
>> I REMEMBER.
>> Stephen: WHO SAT WITH
RICHIE SAMBORA THE WHOLE TIME
AND TO THIS DAY CALLS HIM, "HER
FIRST PROM DATE."
THAT'S A GREAT PARTY.
>> IT IS.
>> Stephen: HOW MANY TIMES
HAVE YOU BEEN TO THAT?
>> A COUPLE.
CLIVE IS A GREAT LEGEND.
CLIVE DAVIS IS OBVIOUSLY ONE OF
THE THEM FOR THE FOLKS THAT
DON'T KNOW, ONE OF THE GREAT
INNOVATORS OF THE BUSINESS.
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: SO THAT'S WHERE WE
MET.
BUT I UNDERSTAND YOU ACTUALLY
SPENT SOME TIME WITH JON BATISTE
JUST THIS PAST YEAR.
>> THAT, I DID.
>> Stephen: WHAT DID YOU GUYS
DO?
>> THE MARION ANDERSON AWARDS
DOWN IN DELAWARE.
>> AND GOT TO SEE STAY HUMAN.
AND OUR FOUNDATION WAS HONORED
DOWN THERE.
AND I GOT TO SEE STAY HUMAN FOR
THE FIRST TIME, AND THEY MADE A
HELL OF AN IMPRESSION.
CAME DOWN AISLE, AND THE BAND
WAS ROCKING, AND I WAS LIKE,
"WHO THE HELL IS THIS CAT?"
AND I HAVE GOTTEN TO MEET JON A
COUPLE OF TIMES SINCE.
>> Stephen: DO YOU GUYS TALK
ABOUT THE CREATIVE PROCESS?
DID YOU LEARN ANYTHING FROM THIS
GUY?
>> Jon: YEAH, I ASKED HOW YOU
WRITE THESE ANTHEMS AND YOU TOLD
ME, "YOU GOTTA WRITE THE CHORUS.
NO MATTER WHO I'M WRITING WITH,
I ALWAYS WRITE THE CHORUS."
>> DON'T BOR US, GET TO THE
CHORUS.
>> Stephen: YOU CAN PROBABLY
TEACH WRITING.
YOU CAN PROBABLY TEACH SINGING,
BUT HOW DO YOU TEACH THE
PERFORMING?
GIANT STADIUM, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE
GOT 50,000 PEOPLE THERE, YOU
KNOW, YOU'RE CENTER STAGE,
SPOTLIGHT, THE CROWD.
LIKE, YOU'VE GOT BAND GOING
LIKE, THIS THE CROWD IS JUST ON
THE EDGE OF ORGASM, WHEN YOU
HAVE THAT MOMENT RIGHT THERE
LIKE, THAT AND THE HAIR'S JUST
FLOWING LIKE THIS.
HOW DO YOU PUSH THEM OVER THE
EDGE?
WHEN DOES THE LEAN-IN COME?
>> YOU KNOW, IT'S-- YOU LEARN
HOW TO DO THAT.
YOU HAVE-- IT'S NOT SIS SIMILAR
FROM WHEN UPPER PLAYING IN A
SMALL ROOM BY YOURSELF.
YOU'RE LEARNING SORT OF
EVERYONE, ANYONE.
YOU WOULD BE ON A BILL WITH FOUR
OTHER COMICS IN CHICAGO, RIGHT.
THE SAME KIND OF THING.
WE WOULD PLAY WITH THE HEAVIEST
METAL BAND TO A POP BAND ON THE
SAME TOUR.
WE'D TRAVEL THE WORLD OVER.
WE WENT TO THE SOVIET UNION, AND
MY WHOLE THING WAS TALKING TO
THE PEOPLE.
WELL, I GO OUT THERE IN THE
80s, IN THE SOVIET UNION,
RUSSIA, AND I'M TALKING TO THE
PEOPLE, AND I'M REALIZING THEY
DON'T UNDERSTAND A WORD I'M
SAYING.
( LAUGHTER )
AND THEN I GO, "OKAY, FINE.
HERE COMES 'LIVING ON A
PRAYER'."
AND THEY'RE LIKE, "DON'T KNOW
THAT ONE."
( LAUGHTER )
SECOND NIGHT, SAME STADIUM.
I COME OUT, AND I TAKE A RUSSIAN
SOLDIER, DID THE, YOU KNOW, THE
OLD GAG YOU HEARD-- GAVE HIM
LEVISE, GAVE HIM SOME T-SHIRTS,
TOOK HIS UNIFORM, CAME OUT IN
FULL RUSSIAN REGALIA AND DID A
STRIPTEASE IT'S HAT, THE GLOVES
THE COAT.
CAME OUT ON THE STAGE AND WASN'T
NIGHT.
YOU HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO GAUGE
YOUR AUDIENCE.
>> Stephen: HOW MUCH OF YOUR
ACT IS STRIPTEASE?
( LAUGHTER )
BECAUSE YOU WOULD SELL SOME
TICKETS.
>> WHEN I WAS A YOUNG-- THE NAME
OF MY BOOK IS GOING TO BE, "I
USED TO BE ME."
AND THEN I WOULD HAVE-- NO, BUT
THAT WOULD BE-- YOU KNOW, IN MY
20s AND 30S AND 40s MAYBE,
BUT, YOU KNOW, NOW I DON'T KNOW.
>> Stephen: CONGRATULATIONS ON
THE ROCK 'N' ROLL HALL OF FAME
INDUCTION, YOU GUYS.
( APPLAUSE )
FIRST ALBUM WAS WHEN?
>> '84.
>> Stephen: FIRST ALBUM WAS
'84, AND IT'S 25 YEARS AFTER
THAT.
YOU WERE FIRST NOMINATED IN
2011.
YOU GOT IT THIS YEAR.
YOU'VE GOT SO MANY HONORS
ALREADY, YOU'VE GOT THE GRAMMYS,
YOU'VE GOT THE SONGWRITER'S HALL
OF FAME.
WHAT'S THIS ONE MEAN TO YOU
THAT'S DIFFERENT?
>> IT TRULY DOES MEAN A LOT.
WE HAD BEEN LOOKED OVER A COUPLE
OF TIMES AND IT'S REALLY AN
HONOR TO CONSIDER YOUR BEING IN
THE SAME BUILDING AS THE
GREATEST OF THE GREATS, WHETHER
IT WAS ELVIS OR THE BEATLES OR
THE STONES, YOU KNOW.
JUST THE IDEA THAT THE MUSIC
THAT YOU'VE MADE HAS BEEN KNOWN
TO GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE, IT
MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD.
>> Stephen: SO YOU STARTED IN
'84.
IT'S 2018.
WHAT OF THAT 1984 JON BON JOVI
IS STILL IN TODAY'S JON BON
JOVI, OTHER THAN THE AMAZING
HAIR.
WHAT COULD YOU TELL THAT GUY AND
SAY, "YEAH, YEAH.
THAT'S NOT GOING TO GO AWAY.
THAT'S GOING TO LAST."
>> MAYBE THE CHIP ON HIS
SHOULDER, YOU KNOW,.
>> Stephen: OH, WHAT'S THE
CHIP ON YOUR SHOULDER?
>> YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO WORK
HARD EVERY DAY.
YOU COME OUT HERE, AND I WATCHED
YOU IN THE PRESHOW RITUAL OF
GETTING YOUR AUDIENCE INTO YOUR
SHOW.
YOU'RE NOT DIALING IN.
YOU COME TO WORK EVERY DAY
WANTING TO BE HERE.
>> Stephen: OH, ABSOLUTELY,
YEAH.
>>
>> AND I GO TO WORK EVERY DAY
WANTING TO BE THERE.
YOU KNOW, WITH EVERY RECORD IT'S
THE VERY BEST I HAVE TO GIVE, AS
IS, YOU KNOW, THE STORY OF THE
BAND.
SAME THING.
>> Stephen: WELL, YOU ALSO
GIVE BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY.
TELL ME ABOUT THE CHARITABLE
ENDEFERS YOU HAVE IN NEW JERSEY.
TELL ME ABOUT THE RESTAURANTS.
>> THE SOUL KITCHENS WERE
CREATED BY MY WIFE, DOROTHEA.
SHE USED IT AS AN EXTENSION OF
OUR FOUNDATION, WHICH WAS
BUILDING HOMES.
BUT AFTER 2008, THE IDEA OF THIS
RESTAURANT CAME WHEN PEOPLE WHO
WERE IN NEED, NOT BECAUSE--
WELL, BECAUSE OF THE TRYING
TIMES WE WERE IN, THE ECONOMIC
DOWNTURN.
BOTTOM LINE IS, WE HAVE TWO
RESTAURANTS THAT FEED PAYING
CUSTOMERS, AS WELL AS THOSE IN
NEED.
THERE'S NO PRICES ON THE MENU.
YOU ARE A PARTICIPANT, AND YOU
EARN YOUR MEAL.
WE SERVE RESPECT.
>> Stephen: LIKE, HOW WOULD DO
YOU THAT?
LET'S SAY--
>> IF YOU WERE TO COME IN,
THEY'D ASK YOU IF YOU HAD BEEN
THERE BEFORE, AND YOU SAID, "NO,
I'M NOT."
AND THEY WOULD SAY, "WOULD YOU
LIKE TO VOLUNTEER OR WOULD YOU
LIKE TO JUST DINE WITH US?"
THERE ARE NO PRICES ON THE MENU.
IF YOU WANT TO VOLUNTEER, AND IF
YOU DON'T YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE
MISSING OUT ON THE PARTY.
>> Stephen: SURE.
>> YOU CAN LEAVE A DONATION
WHICH COVERS YOUR MEAL AND THE
MEAL OF SOMEBODY WHO MAY BE IN
NEED.
SO WE'RE FEEDING ABOUT A 50-50
CLIENTELE.
Y AND WOO HAVE SERVED NEARLY
80,000 MEALS IN FIVE YEARS, AND
IT'S ABOUT 50-50.
( APPLAUSE )
YOU SHOULD COME SOME TIME.
>> Stephen: I NEVER HEARD THAT
BEFORE.
>> DOROTHEA CREATED IT.
IT'S AN ORIGINAL IDEA.
IT'S IN RED BANK AND TOMS RIVER,
NEW JERSEY.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THEM NOW.
AND WE'RE GOING TO BROADEN THE
LANDSCAPE.
SOMETIME YOU SHOULD COME DOWN.
IT'S A FABULOUS MODEL.
AND IT'S ABOUT 50 THOSE OF THOSE
IN NEED NOOED AND 50% OF THOSE
WHO CAN CHANGE.
YOU WANT TO EFFECT CHANGE, LEAVE
A $20 ON THE TABLE.
YOU'RE EFFECTING CHANGE BY
HELPING SOMEBODY TO EAT.
IF YOU VOLUNTEER-- IT'S NOT JUST
PAYING FOR YOUR MEAL.
WE GIVE YOU A CERTIFICATE TO PAY
FOR YOU AND YOUR WHOLE FAMILY.
SO A 12-YEAR-OLD KID COMES IN
AND FOLDS NAPKINS FOR 20
MINUTES, HE COMES BACK WITH HIS
WHOLE FAMILY AND WE FEED HIS
WHOLE FAMILY.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL RESTAURANT.
( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: HOW DO YOU GET
THE-- HOW DO YOU NORMALLY GET
THE WORD OUT ABOUT SOMETHING
LIKE I THIS?
BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TOLD YOU ARE
THE SELF-PROCLAIMED LAST PERSON
IN THE WORLD ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> Stephen: OKAY, WHY ARE YOU
NOT ON SOCIAL MEDIA?
>> BILL BELICHICK AND FRED FLYNN
STONE HAD SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS
BEFORE I WOULD.
>> Stephen: DON'T YOUR KIDS
PUSH YOU TO BE ON SOCIAL MEDIA?
>> THEY PUSHED ME OFF.
I GOT ON THIS THING, I'M SO BAD,
AND NOR I DO CARE, YOU KNOW,
ABOUT THIS WHOLE THING.
AND I SHOWED A PICTURE OF ME IN
THE STUDIO WITH DAVID AND JOHN,
OUR PRODUCER, AND MY TWO SONS
CALLED ME UP AND SAID, "DARKD
YOU JUST HIT THE EXACT LOCATION
OF WHERE YOU GUYS ARE RECORDING
ON BROADWAY.
YOU'RE AN IDIOT.
TURN THE THING OFF."
AND THE KIDS MADE SURE THEY TOOK
MY PHONE AWAY FROM ME.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE THIS TOUR
COMING UP.
>> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
NEW SINGLE.
>> Stephen: NEW SINGLE.
>> RE-RELEASING THE ALBUM "THIS
HOUSE IS NOT FOR SALE."
THAT'S THE TRACK "WHEN WE WERE
US."
>> Stephen: "THIS HOUSE IS NOT
FOR SALE," HOLD ON A SECOND,
THIS ALL FELL DOWN WHEN I WAS
WALKING OUT.
THIS IS THE NEW ALBUM.
"THIS HOUSE IS NOT FOR SALE."
THAT'S THE TOUR.
TICKETS GO ON SALE FRIDAY.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: AND I WOULD LOVE
YOU, IF YOU COULD, TO DO A SONG.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> I DIDN'T BRING THE BAND.
>> Stephen: YOU DIDN'T BRING
THE BAND.
HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE YOU TO
GET THE BAND HERE?
>> TOMORROW?
>> Stephen: CAN WE DO
TOMORROW?
YOU GUYS CAN COME BACK, TOO.
HOW ABOUT TOMORROW?
>> ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT.
>> Stephen: HE'LL BE BACK
TOMORROW, EVERYBODY, TO DO A
SONG.
TICKETS TO THE "THIS HOUSE IS
--
>> TICKETS FOR "THIS HOUSE IS
NOT FOR SALE--" I DON'T THINK I
EVER DISAPPOINTED AN AUDIENCE
LIKE I DID JUST NOW.
JON BON JOVI, EVERYBODY.
