Steve Lukather Quotes

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Steve Lukather

Profession : Musician

Birth : October 21, 1957

I've got the coolest job in the world.

Steve Lukather

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.

Steve Lukather

There's not an anti-Toto spray that will keep us down.

Steve Lukather

I played all the guitar parts except the guitar solo on 'Beat It.'

Steve Lukather

We are guys from North Hollywood singing about Africa. What do we know about Africa?

Steve Lukather

The greatest feeling in the world is performing and connecting with the audience.

Steve Lukather

When I was a kid, thinking of just being near a Beatle was an unattainable dream.

Steve Lukather

I've had a lot of self-esteem issues.

Steve Lukather

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.

Steve Lukather

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.

Steve Lukather

I was doing our first album when I was 19. It came out as a hit, and I blinked - then 37 years went by. There's a lot of stuff that happened in there, but once the snowball started going down the hill, I took the ride.

Steve Lukather

'Rosanna' was the hit, but 'Africa' resonated with everyone who heard it.

Steve Lukather

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.

Steve Lukather

In sports, stats count. Music? Not so much.

Steve Lukather

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.

Steve Lukather

There's nobody like us in rock history. I'm not saying we're the greatest band in the world - that would be ridiculous.

Steve Lukather

People like our stuff, some people hate it, but that's like anything, right? Some people love donuts, some people are allergic to 'em.

Steve Lukather

Nobody loves everybody.

Steve Lukather

The myth that 'old' guys can't write anything fresh is just a myth.

Steve Lukather