Steve Lukather Quotes
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I worked with Paul McCartney, and he was lovely.
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I worked with Chris Squire on a Greg Lake record in the early '80s, worked with Alan White.
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I've never stopped working, and I still have 'pinch me' moments all the time.
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I play keyboards and have played on many a Toto record.
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We were never the trendiest band, but we've always been here.
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People like our stuff, some people hate it, but that's like anything, right? Some people love donuts, some people are allergic to 'em.
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What happens is people go, 'I want to play the guitar,' and the first thing they do is hit Google: 'How can I play this?' and the next thing you know, you've learned all these tricks, but you've never learned how to play rhythm guitar with a groove.
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I did grow up with Michael Landau, my brother since we were 12 years old. That was competition but in the best way. He is such a monster, always was, and we had a blast growing up playing in bands and early recording and are still the best of pals.
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I played on Asia records with Geoff Downes.
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My son is a professional musician now.
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I don't question things when they're going right.
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A lot of festivals on a worldwide basis that I am seeing, they're trying to multi-genre it. Like, they put a wild card band on, like, us old guys that happen to have a record that has stayed in pop culture for as long as it has.
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I worked with George Harrison - who was the reason I started playing guitar.
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If it wasn't for Boz, my life would've changed. Meeting the Porcaro brothers and getting that Boz Scaggs gig were two life-changing events for me. It all fell into place after that.
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MTV ruined music for us.
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There's no such thing as a lead singer in our band.
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I ain't the greatest thing since sliced bread, but I've dedicated my life to music since I was 7 and my dad bought me a guitar and the 'Meet the Beatles' album.
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I can hear the youthfulness of my playing on, say, 'Hold The Line.'
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To me, our signature song was 'Rosanna.' That was the ultimate Toto track, where everybody had a chance to shine.
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I thought that you had to work, work, work and try to be the best musician you could, and that's the only way you could make it. Then it turns out, halfway through the scene, they change the rules on you!
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There is no one like Toto in history in that we were both successful as session musicians and also had a band that sold so many million records.
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Our music is harder to play than it sounds. It's the small details you don't realize are there until you try and re-do it.
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When the Beatles were on 'Ed Sullivan,' life went from black and white to color like in 'The Wizard of Oz' - and the irony I'm in the band Toto is not lost on me.
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We've always had a sense of humor - look at our name.