Quotes by Steve Perry

Steve Perry

A whole other generation is coming up to me now – anywhere from 8 to 22 years old – wanting me to sign autographs. They think Journey was awesome.

Journey

Thinking

Years

Foolish heart, hear me calling. Stop before you start falling. Foolish heart, heed my warning; you’ve been wrong before. Don’t be wrong anymore.

Calling

Fall

Heart

He had regrets, of course, but not so many that he would lose any sleep over them. Life surprised him now and then and he didn’t much care for surprises, unless he was passing them out. But – what was to be done? You had to deal with the reality, he had learned that over the years, no matter how much you didn’t like it

Learning

Regret

Sleep

He’d once heard a story about a monastery on the top of some mountain in Japan or somewhere. After a long trek in the cold to get there, the monks would offer to sell you a cup of coffee. You had a choice: There was a two-dollar cup – or a two-hundred- dollar cup. When pressed to explain the difference, the monks were reported to say, ‘A hundred and ninety-eight dollars.’

Coffee

Eight

Japan

Humans suffer from self-centred notions as to the nature of life. Humans assume that alien life forms should conform to standards that match our own, including logic and morality. Even among humans, morality is ignored when expedient. Why should we expect more from an alien life form than we demand from ourselves?

Life

Nature

Self

I have simply said that there’s just a side of me that could not judge anybody singing. It’s not who I am. I don’t want to be that person.

Judging

Singing

Who I Am

I love New York, Chicago, London, St. Bart’s and Italy but one of my fave cities in the whole world is San Francisco. Why? Those are all places that I love to go to cause it feels good to me personally when I’m there.

Cities

New York

San Francisco

I’m no spring chicken. The same arthritis that ate up my left hip that finally got replaced hasn’t stopped there… And touring is a lot of work. I’m impressed when I see people like Eric Clapton out there. Gee whiz, Eric, give me a break! I know it’s gotta hurt somewhere.

Hurt

People

Spring

I’m not a big fan of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It’s just a personal thing, not an ego thing.

Ego

Rock And Roll

Rocks

I’m so hard on myself. I play these sketches in my computer for friends and they say ‘Gee whiz, the vocal’s beautiful.’ I hear, ‘It needs to be better.’

Beautiful

Needs

Play

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Art

Beautiful

Building

Calling

Change

Character

Cheating

Cities

Coffee

College

Ego

Eight

Embrace

Fall

Fear

Heart

Hurt

Important

Japan

Journey

Judging

Learning

Life

Losing

Lying

Mean

Men

Mind

Mistake

Nature

Needs

New Orleans

New York

People

Play

Poverty

Powerful

Regret

Rock And Roll

Rocks

Running

San Francisco

Self

Sibling

Singing

Sleep

Somewhere Else

Sorry

Spring

Stories

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Quotes by Steve Perry

Steve Perry

A whole other generation is coming up to me now – anywhere from 8 to 22 years old – wanting me to sign autographs. They think Journey was awesome.

Foolish heart, hear me calling. Stop before you start falling. Foolish heart, heed my warning; you’ve been wrong before. Don’t be wrong anymore.

I have simply said that there’s just a side of me that could not judge anybody singing. It’s not who I am. I don’t want to be that person.

I love New York, Chicago, London, St. Bart’s and Italy but one of my fave cities in the whole world is San Francisco. Why? Those are all places that I love to go to cause it feels good to me personally when I’m there.

I’m no spring chicken. The same arthritis that ate up my left hip that finally got replaced hasn’t stopped there… And touring is a lot of work. I’m impressed when I see people like Eric Clapton out there. Gee whiz, Eric, give me a break! I know it’s gotta hurt somewhere.

I’m not a big fan of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It’s just a personal thing, not an ego thing.

I’m so hard on myself. I play these sketches in my computer for friends and they say ‘Gee whiz, the vocal’s beautiful.’ I hear, ‘It needs to be better.’

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