Musician

If it wasn't for the Porcaro brothers, I don't know where I'd be right now. My life would be completely different.

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.

Self-deprecation is my game.

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.

Henley's one of my favorite singers. I've maintained a friendship with Don over the years.

Everything we got was never given to us.

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

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.

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.

We were just a high school band that loved music, you know?

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

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.

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

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.

I don't just sit around and play 'Africa' in my house.

I listen to Miles Davis and Slipknot.

When people make fun of us, it's fine. I get it.

When I was a kid, thinking of just being near a Beatle was an unattainable dream.

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.

I've got the coolest job in the world.