Top 55 Steve Lukather Quotes

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

I don’t question things when they’re going right.

If someone sees me with what looks like a beer, it’s always zero per cent.

Being out of tune sucks.

I’ve never stopped working, and I still have ‘pinch me’ moments all the time.

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

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.

I worked with George Harrison – who was the reason I started playing guitar.

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

People think being famous is fun. It’s not. Even a little bit of fame. It’s bizarre. It’s weird.

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.

I’m no musical snob.

MTV ruined music for us.

In the ’60s, people had diverse tastes, which made the musical climate that much better and more interesting.

When you‘re young, you can burn the candle at both ends, and you’re fine.

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.

Playing live is one thing. Playing under a microscope is another.

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.

Fans are always in for a treat when they see us in person.

My son is a professional musician now.

I’m always writing music.

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.

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

I play keyboards and have played on many a Toto record.

I love to create and play, I can’t stop, hahaha!

I was a good father. I was a nice guy, pretty good guitar player, and funny as hell.

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.

There are so many myths about us.

The music business used to be filled with people who love music.

We were just a high school band that loved music, you know?

I really try to play to my strengths, man. I’m never going to be Guthrie Govan: he’s a brilliant player.

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

We’ve had to develop a super-thick skin. We’ve been beaten up more than any band in history.

I think, as you get older, you reflect at the silliness of your youth and the stupidity of some of the decisions that were made, and the ego and whatnot, or whatever played into it.

We have always been like The Eagles and Fleetwood Mac in that we have numerous lead singers.

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

I got to work with legendary people.

In sixth grade I had a band called The Blueberry Waterfall. I had borrowed a guy’s Fender Jaguar and Boss Tone Fuzz, which you plugged straight into a Blackface Twin. It was a little power trio – we were actually pretty good for our age.

Henley’s one of my favorite singers. I’ve maintained a friendship with Don over the years.

There’s no such thing as a lead singer in our band.

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.

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.

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.

You look out in our audiences, you don’t see a sea of white-haired people. You see a lot of younger people.

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.

Everything we got was never given to us.

When people make fun of us, it’s fine. I get it.

Gear not working on a live show – that is rough.

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

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.

I’ve got the coolest job in the world.

Don’t play too loud! Bleed-through on stage can be brutal to front-of-house sound.

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

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

I can hear the youthfulness of my playing on, say, ‘Hold The Line.’