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Key Points Jon Bon Jovi is embracing aging. He values this one thing above his youthful looks from his rockstar days. His song "Just Older" reflects acceptance of aging and staying true to himself. Jon Bon Jovi just revealed the most important things about growing older that outshines his wildest days as an ’80s rock legend. In an interview for the How to Fail podcast, the Jersey rocker shared some surprising insight into aging and the life lessons he’s learned along the way. He admitted that he’s learned to embrace the changes that come with time gracefully, and without the help of a surgeon. “I’m not gonna ever get work done, and my hair is gray, and at least I still have all my hair,” he joked. “I haven’t had any surgeries, operations, Botox injections, eye jobs, or lip jobs or whatever the hell else you do these days. I’m not interested in any of that, nor would I do it.” Additionally, he’s had to come to terms with going gray. He hated coloring his hair, “so, I just said, ‘screw it,’ like, 12 to 13 years ago.” Parade Daily🎬 SIGN UP for Parade’s Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox 🎬 However, while he remains wistful for his ’80s rockstar looks (“I look at 30, 40, 50, and I go, ‘Yeah, I would rather look like that,’ but I don’t”), the “Legendary” singer admitted that there is one thing about getting older that’s better than being a rockstar. “Wisdom. The next couple of years can be great if I’m physically right, because of the wisdom,” he mused. “The roller-coaster ride of getting punched in the face forces you to take stock in any and everything. And health, of course, is number one on the list. You can always make a buck. You can always write another song. But your health is key to the universe.” Jon Bon Jovi addressed aging in the 2000 song ‘Just Older’ In 2000, when Jon Bon Jovi was 38, he wrote a song with Billy Falcon called “Just Older.” It addressed how his life had changed since he first burst onto the music scene at 21 with the hit single “Runaway.” The song is a reflection on aging, with lyrics (per Genius) such as “I like the bed I’m sleepin’ in/And just like me, it’s broken in/It’s not old, just older/Like a favorite pair of torn blue jeans/The skin I’m in is alright with me/It’s not old, just older.” “Just Older” is a song on the band’s seventh album, Crush. The song ranks at number 10 on Billboard’s top 10 list of best Bon Jovi songs. Jon Bon Jovi seems to have made peace with getting older, embracing the wisdom and balance that come with it, predicting his future in “Just Older.” Twenty-five years later, those lyrics ring truer than ever; Bon Jovi may be older, but he’s still the same rock soul at heart.
