Jon Bon Jovi praised Taylor Swift, saying “She’s truly extraordinary.” Bon Jovi said: “She created an industry. She capitalizes on what she does best. She sings like Taylor Swift. She plays guitar like Taylor Swift. She’s not trying to be something she’s not, and it connects with a unique audience… More details below

My license still says the great state of New Jersey,” the Bon Jovi frontman tells me on this week’s “Just for Variety” podcast. “I’m there when it’s not cold. But when it’s cold, these old bones are on the beach.”

The rocker, 62, is talking and thinking a lot about his age lately. While his Hulu docuseries, “Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story,” chronicles the iconic rock band’s rise to the top, the through line of the four episodes is the singer’s struggle to overcome vocal problems in time for the group’s 40th anniversary tour.

As of today, Bon Jovi says the earliest he can get back on stage for a full-fledged tour is sometime next year. But even that isn’t guaranteed.