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.

Steve Lukather

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When God plays guitar he uses Jeff Beck's hands. by Steve Lukather

When God plays guitar he uses Jeff Beck's hands.

guitar play hands

I don't see why I can't listen to Miles Davis and Slipknot in the... by Steve Lukather

I don't see why I can't listen to Miles Davis and Slipknot in the same afternoon.

afternoon guitar music

I have tried every amp, distortion box, gadget etc. that has ever been made since 1967 to present and nothing has sounded like the Tonebone. It has become an incredible asset to my sound and I recommend this to anyone who is looking for that NATURAL warm sound with sustain for days and days! Buy this now!

gadgets etc sound

God bless the young people who are getting into us, come see us; we’re a bunch of old guys but we still play pretty good!

entertainment

We joke about David having a solid gold golf cart that he uses just to pick up the millions of dollars in checks.

entertainment

Playing live is one thing. Playing under a microscope is another. by Steve Lukather

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

microscope playing live one-thing

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

look you sea people

When you're young, you can burn the candle at both ends, and you'... by Steve Lukather

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

burn you candle young

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.

good you power age

The greatest feeling in the world is performing and connecting wi... by Steve Lukather

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

greatest feeling audience world

God bless classic rock. It's been very good to me; I'll tell you... by Steve Lukather

God bless classic rock. It's been very good to me; I'll tell you that.

good me you god

Gear not working on a live show - that is rough. by Steve Lukather

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

show live working rough

MTV ruined music for us. by Steve Lukather

MTV ruined music for us.

mtv us ruined music

I got to work with legendary people. by Steve Lukather

I got to work with legendary people.

got legendary work people

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.

growing-up music important trying

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!

best you change work

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.

you youth ego stupidity

I worked with George Harrison - who was the reason I started play... by Steve Lukather

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

playing who guitar reason

We are guys from North Hollywood singing about Africa. What do we... by Steve Lukather

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

africa know hollywood singing

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.

your cool you believe