Talking to The Mistress Carrie Podcast, singer Dee Snider talked about Bon Jovi, saying:
“There’s a song that I say is the perfect song, and I wish I wrote it, and I can’t stand the fact that I feel that way about this song…
“‘Wanted Dead or Alive’ by Bon Jovi. I can’t deny it. My wife, on my motorcycle helmet there’s a Bon Jovi, it says ‘Bon Jovi‘ and there’s a Ghostbusters sign through it.
“And my wife says, ‘You’re just jealous because he’s better-looking than you and more successful.’
“And again, she’s always right. I go ‘Yeah, you’re right. It’s jealousy.’
“He used to be out in the clubs watching Twisted Sister in New Jersey and I used to make fun of him because he would stand by the ladies’ bathroom – because that was the place where all the girls would actually have to go by.
“It was the move – every girl eventually would have to go to the bathroom, so he’d be like, ‘How you doin’?’
“And I would bust his balls. ‘What are you doing over there?’ I didn’t know who he was, he told me. But, ‘Wanted Dead or Alive’ I wish I wrote, and it’s just so well constructed top to bottom, it’s great.”