starting at edinboro fringe, then london, then i'm in america, hartford, boston, all over the place,hat close personally. >> we are. >> michael: david, for you. 40 years of anniversary with bon jovi. you're part of rock royalty, man. >> it's a christmas miracle. >> michael: your new album called "forever." they wrote that it is a very well deserved victory lap. how does it make you feel to be part and have this longevity in a tough profession? >> jon and i started out, i started in his cover band in the summer of '78. i was 16 1/2. so it's like 45 years and running. we still look at each other. we came from nowhere and made it to everywhere. we're such happy guy. this record was all about jon had the vocal surgery and it was coming back from a big injury like that. we were there to support him. kept doing it. kept doing it. good enough to play on the record, sing on the record. we still do rehearsals. hopefully, we can get out there next year. >> michael: hopefully, you get out there on tour. in the mean time, you're on tour as your best friend. you're on tour together doing this pod