Christmas Message from Steve Perry
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Thu Dec 25, 2008 7:01 amby whirlwind
*My Christmas message to all Journey fans and friends of fans is to respect your lives and be good to yourselves, because you deserve it. You are a good person. People who think that they are less than most, have fallen prey to making up the difference with drugs. To make themselves stronger. But drugs don't discriminate. They don't care who you are. They kill. I wish everyone would look at their life and treat it as a gift from their mother and their father. It is precious and is not to be taken lightly. So, be good to yourself; use music, not drugs
*I didn't write that it was a new message. I figured that an old one was better than nothing at all.
Re: Christmas Message from Steve Perry
Posted:
Thu Dec 25, 2008 7:48 amby whirlwind
cheekymonkey wrote:whirlwind wrote:*My Christmas message to all Journey fans and friends of fans is to respect your lives and be good to yourselves, because you deserve it. You are a good person. People who think that they are less than most, have fallen prey to making up the difference with drugs. To make themselves stronger. But drugs don't discriminate. They don't care who you are. They kill. I wish everyone would look at their life and treat it as a gift from their mother and their father. It is precious and is not to be taken lightly. So, be good to yourself; use music, not drugs
*I didn't write that it was a new message. I figured that an old one was better than nothing at all.
Cool, where did you find this and what year is it from? Is he in recovery?
Merry Christmas all you methheads!!
If it was during the ROR tour, it makes you wonder.
The whole interview is worth reading again.
http://steveperryonline.net/interview/article2.html
Re: Christmas Message from Steve Perry
Posted:
Thu Dec 25, 2008 8:24 amby artist4perry
whirlwind wrote:cheekymonkey wrote:whirlwind wrote:*My Christmas message to all Journey fans and friends of fans is to respect your lives and be good to yourselves, because you deserve it. You are a good person. People who think that they are less than most, have fallen prey to making up the difference with drugs. To make themselves stronger. But drugs don't discriminate. They don't care who you are. They kill. I wish everyone would look at their life and treat it as a gift from their mother and their father. It is precious and is not to be taken lightly. So, be good to yourself; use music, not drugs
*I didn't write that it was a new message. I figured that an old one was better than nothing at all.
Cool, where did you find this and what year is it from? Is he in recovery?
Merry Christmas all you methheads!!
If it was during the ROR tour, it makes you wonder.
The whole interview is worth reading again.
http://steveperryonline.net/interview/article2.html
I miss the annual Christmas cards he used to send. One had his photo on it. The rest had donations in each of our names to his favorite charity. He is and was a sweetie!
Posted:
Thu Dec 25, 2008 9:12 amby JRNYFan
I thought this was a touching part.
Tonight was the eve of the date (Dec 4th) that my mother passed away. I was doing my best to deal with being jovial and entertaining, and I was trying to have a good time like I usually do. I didn't want to let this subliminal emotion come through - the reality that this was the eve of the death of my mother. I did the best I could to deal with it, but no one knew. Internally, I knew. And I knew that tomorrow was going to be the hardest day of my life. So, I was feeling down at the beginning of the concert. I got out there and things were okay. I was having a good time because the people were very energetic and nice, but I still was down at times, thinking that everything was being questioned in my life. I am no different than anyone else, and life takes no prisoners. I don't care if you are a success or failure. It has nothing to do with how strong you are... life is life. Someone wrote that "life is something that happens to you while you're busy making plans." I believe that.
This is kind of what happened tonight at the show - I was onstage and I was losing it, I was starting to lose face, and worry because I'm just a normal human being and I have emotions, too. I couldn't walk on stage and have people think I was believable, if I wasn't normal. That nomalcy was being blocked.
And then I saw this little girl, she must have been around 10, who was up front with her mother. She had these thick, little "coke-bottle" glasses, and there she was with this big smile on her face, and she was waving her arms back and forth, though she could barely move because she was crushed among the other people. She was the cutest thing I ever saw, and she was smiling at me, and I looked at her and thought, "you're the queen of the entire evening." I kept looking at her and she got me through the night. She was just so precious.
Posted:
Thu Dec 25, 2008 9:12 amby Saint John
His favorite song to do live was written by Jon Cain (Faithfully). I wonder if he regrets saying that?
I have always maintained that he sounds so sincere in that song. Now I know why. That is my favorite ballad of all-time. Touching words here from Steve:
"Faithfully" It was my mother's favorite. She used to cry when she would watch T.V., especially when she was at her sickest. My dad used to tell me that he would have to calm her down; she would just break into tears when the video came on T.V. I think she felt it was her song; the lyrics are great "being apart ain't easy on this love affair" and "they say that the road ain't no place to start a family." Bless her heart.
Posted:
Thu Dec 25, 2008 9:19 amby WIX
funny you should post this as there is a new message at fan asylum!
Posted December 23rd at 4:30pm
Dear Friends,
I feel I need to reply to some rumors that have been floating yet once again. The rumors have stated that I have found an airline glue that reglued the fractured stone from the late 1990's. I regret to inform you that those claims are false. The stone is still framed in a custom cube frame on my piano the Guppie. And it is still fractured.
Happy Holidays!
SP
Posted:
Thu Dec 25, 2008 9:22 amby Saint John
WIX wrote:Posted December 23rd at 4:30pm
Not sure why, but this part made me laugh the most.
Posted:
Thu Dec 25, 2008 9:24 amby WIX
Saint John wrote:WIX wrote:Posted December 23rd at 4:30pm
Not sure why, but this part made me laugh the most.
cuz your brain is fucked up bwhahahaahaha