A biography for Steve Lukatherhasn’t been written yet.
“People think being famous is fun. It's not. Even a little bit of fame. It's bizarre. It's weird.”
“The right notes mean more than 1,000 mph arpeggios.”
“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.”
“I'm no musical snob.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I don't just sit around and play 'Africa' in my house.”
“The myth that 'old' guys can't write anything fresh is just a myth.”
“Nobody loves everybody.”
“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.”
“The Beatles are the 'on switch' to my life.”
“There are so many myths about us.”
“When people make fun of us, it's fine. I get it.”
“I worked with George Harrison - who was the reason I started playing guitar.”
“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.”
“In the '60s, people had diverse tastes, which made the musical climate that much better and more interesting.”
“A great solo does not make a great piece. Rather, a great solo in a great song - that's what makes a 10 out of 10. It's the combination of emotional feel and inventive ideas.”
“If it wasn't for the Porcaro brothers, I don't know where I'd be right now. My life would be completely different.”
“Everything we got was never given to us.”
“I played all the guitar parts except the guitar solo on 'Beat It.'”