Jon Bon Jovi talks about not seeing the appeal of selling his music catalog in an interview with Howard Stern on SiriusXM.
The rockstar also shared how he reacted to his longtime bandmate Richie Sambora's decision to sell his music catalog to Hipgnosis Songs.
Will Jon Bon Jovi Sell His Music Catalog?
Speaking to Stern on The Howard Stern Show on SiriusXM, Bon Jovi said, "People sell their catalogs often, but it wasn't anything I'd ever considered,"
He added that Sambora's decision to sell his music did not affect him.
"If it's a collaborative effort on any song, then his share of [the licensing fees] would go to whomever bought it," he added. "Mine is mine and, [for] anyone I've ever collaborated [with], theirs is theirs."
At this point, Bon Jovi has a vague idea of how much he would sell his music if he ever will, but he noted that it will be for "a lot."
He emphasized that it's all "speculative" given that he has "no desire to sell" his music catalog.
Given that the "You Give Love A Bad Name" singer is quite sure that he does not want to sell his songs, Stern asked him if he has a plan for what will happen to his songs when he passes away.
"The songs will outlive all of us at this point. And that's the beautiful thing about rock and roll in general. You or I hear a song on the radio and we remember where we heard it for the first time and what that song meant to us by that artist," Bon Jovi said. "And so we've been blessed enough to have had a number of those kinds of songs that people say, 'Those are my memories and I like 'em.' So those songs are going to live long after I'm gone. And I'm happy about that."
Bon Jovi even disclosed that many people had asked to buy his catalog, but his response has always been the same: "I'm not interested."
Jon Bon Jovi Unimpressed on 'Livin On A Prayer'
Speaking to People, Bon Jovi also shared an interesting backstory to one of their most iconic songs, "Livin' On A Prayer."
"It wasn't that I didn't want to record it, but I wasn't all that impressed on the day that we wrote it," Bon Jovi told the magazine.
Bon Jovi says the song only has a "simple chord progression," melodies, and lyrics. However, he said the bass line "came to life" when they "took it back to the band and worked it up."
That's how it became what it is." he added. "We knew what we wanted, we just didn't have it, and so I was like, 'Yeah, it's good. Good day. Good day at the office, I was wrong," says Bon Jovi. "It's one of the biggest songs in our catalog."
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