Steve Perry

American singer · United States · On the map · Musicians · Born 1949 · age 77

Stephen Ray Perry is an American singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer and frontman of the rock band Journey during their most successful years from 1977 to 1987, and again from 1995 to 1998.

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2014“What they don’t know won’t hurt us...”In their wordsChapter 3Read the whole statement

“How interesting,” Kay said. “The human capacity for denial sometimes seems to be quite large.”“Ain’t that the truth.”In their wordsChapter 3Read the whole statement

“He had thought about it. Mostly, after the fantasies, he had let it go. It was done, history. No point in bumping into the furniture while looking back over your shoulder.”In their wordsChapter 4Read the whole statement

“Jo nodded. The Vastalimi were stoic about many things, death notwithstanding.”In their wordsChapter 5Read the whole statement

“Man proposes, God disposes,” Singh said. Both fems looked at him. He shrugged.”In their wordsChapter 10Read the whole statement

“You’ve never struck me as a...reflective person. More of a doer than a be-er.”“True enough.”In their wordsChapter 17 (Note: "zhe" and "hir" here are androgynous/intersex pronouns)Read the whole statement

1949Born22 January 1949

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Steve Perry

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The loudest sound on a battle field was click! when you were expecting bang! It was a never-ending wonder: What was going to go wrong next?
2014 · Chapter 3, Own words
Old enough to look as if he knew what to do, young enough to look as if he could do it.
2014 · Chapter 4, Own words
When you worked in a profession whose tools included guns and bombs, death was always on the menu; only a matter of time until the order you placed arrived...
2014 · Chapter 6, Own words

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He wrote/co-wrote several Journey hit songs, including "Any Way You Want It", "Don't Stop Believin'", "Open Arms", "Who's Crying Now" and "Separate Ways ". Perry had a solo career between the mid-1980s and mid-1990s, made sporadic appearances in the 2000s, and returned to music full-time in 2018.

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