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...

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

[The 14-track GENERATIONS album–which will include a 10-page booklet with new photos and lyrics–was recorded at the Record Plant in Sausalito, CA, where the band recorded 1986’s multi-platinum RAISED ON RADIO. Their first new recording...

We’ve got a tremendous catalog of lots of hit songs, which I wrote either a half or a third of

We’ve seen a Renaissance in the fans … a lot of younger 18-to-25 demographics.

[The fans] seem to gather around our songs. It’s all fan-driven.

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.

Anytime you get in on something that’s new and trendy, it’s cool.

A lot of people don’t even know there was a Journey before Steve Perry.