Why Journey’s iconic frontman went radio silent for 20 years

June 16, 2026 by admin

Perry – had found love with a woman named Kellie Nash, a psychologist who had terminal cancer.

“I was loved by a lot of people, but I didn’t really feel it as much as I did when Kellie said it,” he told the Times. “Because she’s got better things to do than waste her time with those words.”

After less than two years together, Nash, 40, died on December 14, 2012.

Her death, though heartbreaking, ultimately inspired Perry to return to music.

Speaking with the New York Times, Perry recalled a promise he made to her before she died: “She said, ‘If something were to happen to me, promise me you won’t go back into isolation. Because that would make this all for naught.”