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Steve Lukather

American guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer, born 1957100 QUOTES

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Steven Lee Lukather is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger, and record producer, best known as the sole continuous founding member of Toto. Born in 1957, he has worked across rock and pop for decades, both with the band and as a session musician. His session work began in the 1970s and grew into a long career that has taken him onto more than 1,500 albums by a wide range of artists. He also wrote, arranged, and produced for other recordings and was a notable guitarist on Boz Scaggs's Down Two Then Left and Middle Man, as well as Michael Jackson's Thriller. He has released nine solo albums, including Bridges in June 2023.

“I can hear the youthfulness of my playing on, say, 'Hold The Line.'”

“I've got the coolest job in the world.”

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“Being out of tune sucks.”

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

“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.”

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

“I love to create and play, I can't stop, hahaha!”

“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.”

“I got to work with legendary people.”

“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.”

“We've always had a sense of humor - look at our name.”

“That's all that matters in music: fun.”

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

“That's the thing, though: It doesn't matter how much you've done or who you've played with. Do you have the passion?”

“Gear not working on a live show - that is rough.”

“Everyone I know, including myself, has missed or lost an audition.”