Article: For comeback rock band Bon Jovi, life is good.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

Don't look to Jon Bon Jovi for any sharp-edged cynicism.

At 38, the New Jersey native can look at a two-decade career in which he's transformed himself from teen-idol pop star to respected actor to seasoned rock `n' roll statesman. And he's riding the good vibes.

"I'm always the optimist," says Bon Jovi. "If I had a shrink sit me down, I know I'd say the glass is half full."

Bon Jovi has particularly good reason to be pleased these days. "Crush," his band's latest album and first in five years, has gone platinum. And the group is enjoying its first certifiable hit single in a decade, the midtempo rocker "It's My Life."

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