A biography for Steve Lukatherhasn’t been written yet.
“The music business used to be filled with people who love music.”
“MTV ruined music for us.”
“I was asked to be in Elton John's band, Joni Mitchell's band, and Miles Davis' band. I couldn't do 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.”
“If someone sees me with what looks like a beer, it's always zero per cent.”
“Vocally and stylistically, we'd have different kinds of songs come on the radio, and people didn't realize it was the same band. A lot of the time, a casual fan would come see us and go, 'I didn't know that you guys did that song. I didn't know that was you!' That was us!”
“I quit drinking, smoking, doing anything bad.”
“Don't practise what you know - practise what you don't know.”
“Playing live is one thing. Playing under a microscope is another.”
“I really try to play to my strengths, man. I'm never going to be Guthrie Govan: he's a brilliant player.”
“We've had to develop a super-thick skin. We've been beaten up more than any band in history.”
“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.”
“I thought that you had to work, work, work and try to be the best musician you could, and that's the only way you could make it. Then it turns out, halfway through the scene, they change the rules on you!”
“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.”
“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.”
“The greatest feeling in the world is performing and connecting with the audience.”
“When you're young, you can burn the candle at both ends, and you're fine.”
“When the 'Thriller' album came up, we all knew that was going to be the cool record.”
“Self-deprecation is my game.”
“There's nobody like us in rock history. I'm not saying we're the greatest band in the world - that would be ridiculous.”