A biography for Steve Lukatherhasn’t been written yet.
“I played on Asia records with Geoff Downes.”
“I got four kids.”
“We were just a high school band that loved music, you know?”
“I just think that there is something that keeps us together, to keep doing what we're doing. I can't really put my finger on it other than each record is like a little snapshot of my life at that particular moment, the way I play, the way I sound, the way I wrote, the way I sing, I can hear it.”
“My son is a professional musician now.”
“I've never stopped working, and I still have 'pinch me' moments all the time.”
“I've had a lot of self-esteem issues.”
“I'm a weird guy with a weird sense of humor.”
“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.”
“Believe me, when I saw 'Family Guy' do the bit on 'Africa,' I howled laughing.”
“We were never the trendiest band, but we've always been here.”
“When 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.”
“I listen to Miles Davis and Slipknot.”
“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.”
“God bless classic rock. It's been very good to me; I'll tell you that.”
“I play keyboards and have played on many a Toto record.”
“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.”
“People like our stuff, some people hate it, but that's like anything, right? Some people love donuts, some people are allergic to 'em.”
“I worked with Chris Squire on a Greg Lake record in the early '80s, worked with Alan White.”
“Music was everything. Now it is just not as important as it used to be. When I was growing up, where everyone was trying to outdo each other by being more outrageous and sounding more different, now there is a homogeneous sameness to it all.”