Steve Lukather Quotes
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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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Don't practise what you know - practise what you don't know.
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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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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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When I was a kid, thinking of just being near a Beatle was an unattainable dream.
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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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Rosanna was the hit, but Africa resonated with everyone who heard it.
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The right notes mean more than 1,000 mph arpeggios.
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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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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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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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I've got the coolest job in the world.
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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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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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When a new record came out, the world would stop that day, and we would sit in somebody's house - whoever had the best stereo system - and sit in the middle of the two speakers and listen and discuss and listen again and go over the album notes and get out the guitar and start playing it and discuss and play some more.
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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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The greatest feeling in the world is performing and connecting with the audience.
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We've had to develop a super-thick skin. We've been beaten up more than any band in history.