Steve Lukather Quotes
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There's so many players that I love and admire. Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, John Petrucci, Mike Landau, Robben Ford, Lee Ritenour, Jay Graydon, John Scofield, Warren Haynes - the list goes on and on.
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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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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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We've always had a sense of humor - look at our name.
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The myth that 'old' guys can't write anything fresh is just a myth.
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I get up now at 5:30 in the morning. I practice the guitar for a couple of hours - I do that before I even start my day.
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Rosanna was the hit, but Africa resonated with everyone who heard it.
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My band did the Teenage Fair battle of the bands - problem was we were 11 years old! They gave us a prize for youngest band ever.
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I got caught up in 35 years of Saturday nights. Every night was like party night to me. As a young man, you can do that; it's OK to be an idiot. But I woke up one day, and I realized that 35 years had gone by.
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That's all that matters in music: fun.
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Y'know, it's funny: I didn't think I'd be playing 'Hold The Line' at 60 years old. I was 19 when I first played that.
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When I was a kid, thinking of just being near a Beatle was an unattainable dream.
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The right notes mean more than 1,000 mph arpeggios.
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I've got the coolest job in the world.
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I played all the guitar parts except the guitar solo on 'Beat It.'
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I was asked to be in Elton John's band, Joni Mitchell's band, and Miles Davis' band. I couldn't do it.
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Especially early on, I had no idea what I was going to be asked to do when I walked into a studio. I was doing 26 sessions a week - all day, all night.
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hen I was starting my journey as a young guitar player, I was listening to The Beatles, the Stones, and all the British invasion bands, Top 40, Motown, and all the great music of the '60s. Then the alien ship landed, and life changed again forever... Jimi Hendrix.
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I read a lot of biographies, and so much is just so boring or so, like, 'Why did you say that?'
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I don't believe that heavy strings make it all that much bigger-sounding. If anything, it can mess up your fingers, and you can get tendonitis, which is not cool.
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People think being famous is fun. It's not. Even a little bit of fame. It's bizarre. It's weird.
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Fans are always in for a treat when they see us in person.
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I am no musical snob.
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Don't play too loud! Bleed-through on stage can be brutal to front-of-house sound.