Jonathan Cain Quotes

#1. We're a gumbo of American music, and aren't ashamed to play pop or soul or rock because we all grew up on radio.

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#2. 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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#3. A lot of people don't even know there was a Journey before Steve Perry.

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#4. I was starving before I hit Journey. Very, very rough times ... I didn't know where the next pay check was gonna come.

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#5. You have a wine tasting of different years, and we're sort of doing that with our music, giving them a taste of what Journey used to be like.

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#6. You can't make everybody happy. We just put our head down and went forward. We said, 'This music is bigger than all of us.' That's how we felt. We said, 'You know what? We'll prevail. We'll bet on these songs.'

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#7. When you're playing the same dirty dozen night after night, the moments that keep it fresh are those when you just let go and trust everyone.

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#8. Bands are about these little relationships that make everything tick, and when you create new music you're testing those relationships.

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#9. I always felt like something bigger was waiting for me out there.

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#10. We're a staple in the American music culture. Like us or not, we're here to stay.

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#11. We get sucked into the Internet and streaming information, and it's time to just unplug and look within.

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