"Believe in love. Believe in magic. Hell, believe in Santa Clause. Believe in others. Believe in yourself. Believe in your dreams. If you don't, who will?"
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The subtext is classic rock-era self-mythology: you don’t wait for permission. In the world Bon Jovi comes from - working-class romanticism, hair-metal bravado, blue-collar endurance repackaged as pop uplift - belief isn’t mystical; it’s fuel. “Believe in Santa Claus” frames belief as a practice you can rehearse even when the object is obviously imperfect or invented. That’s the point: belief is less about factual accuracy than about keeping your inner engine from stalling.
The final question lands like a chorus hook: “If you don’t, who will?” It’s both an indictment and an invitation. Nobody is coming to authenticate your dreams. Fans hear this not as therapy-speak but as performance logic: crowds don’t sing back unless they’re first convinced it matters. In that sense, the quote is a mission statement for pop itself - a medium that survives on collective buy-in, even when everyone knows it’s a little bit magic.
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Jovi, Jon Bon. (2026, January 16). Believe in love. Believe in magic. Hell, believe in Santa Clause. Believe in others. Believe in yourself. Believe in your dreams. If you don't, who will? FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/believe-in-love-believe-in-magic-hell-believe-in-123488/
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Jovi, Jon Bon. "Believe in love. Believe in magic. Hell, believe in Santa Clause. Believe in others. Believe in yourself. Believe in your dreams. If you don't, who will?" FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/believe-in-love-believe-in-magic-hell-believe-in-123488/.
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"Believe in love. Believe in magic. Hell, believe in Santa Clause. Believe in others. Believe in yourself. Believe in your dreams. If you don't, who will?" FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/believe-in-love-believe-in-magic-hell-believe-in-123488/. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.










