18 ordspråk av Jonathan Cain
Jonathan Cain
A lot of people don't even know there was a Journey before Steve Perry.
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Anytime you get in on something that's new and trendy, it's cool.
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I saw some of the most amazing things I've ever seen in a studio on that album. Steve probably sang the 'Mother, Father' vocal in two takes. Done. It seemed like the whole band could just get up and fly away.
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It was like dragging a sled up a hill, a very heavy sled. It's been a long way to climb our way back, and yet I always believed in this catalog.
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It's a tougher-edged album — less poppy and a little more rock. It's a playful mix of the different styles that we embrace.
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The parents used to drag the little ones, and now the kids are coming--and they're not little anymore. Things are evolving. Maybe there's a renaissance for our music.
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There must be something in the heart of the music that speaks to different generations. We were never part of the c--k-rock, we were never a politically driven band, and we sing about universal things.
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They're bombarded with all kinds of music, yet they chose to hum ours. That's the best nod you can get. The best testimonial to Journey is it appeals to the ages.
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This whole thing we're doing on the road is a tribute and a tip of our hat to the fans. We figure after 30 years it's time to give some love back to the fans.
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We're going to be playing songs from our new album, Generations, and then touching on the greatest hits — the songs that made us popular.
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We're honored to be performing with a band that received their Diamond Award (given for 10,000,000 albums sold) at the same ceremony when we received our Diamond Award. So it seems fitting that we go out together after all these years and celebrate a lot of good years of rock and roll.
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We're sort of superstitious now. The albums that had the beetle on it did better than the ones that didn't. It's with us. It's part of our allure.
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We've been changing our music over the years, mixing it up.
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We've got a tremendous catalog of lots of hit songs, which I wrote either a half or a third of
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We've seen a Renaissance in the fans ... a lot of younger 18-to-25 demographics.
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