Quotes by Ukulele I had a $1.50 from playing the ukulele after owning it seven minutes. I thought, "Hmmm, this has some possibilities." Eddie Vedder ukulele seven possibility I learned so much about music by playing this little, miniature songwriting machine [ukulele], especially about melody. The motto is less strings more melody. Eddie Vedder ukulele machines littles I was able to apply ukulele to whatever I'm trying to write. It's become part of songwriting for me, the knowledge I gained from hearing the melodies come out, and then applying that to guitar or vocals. Eddie Vedder ukulele guitar writing I watched a lot of YouTube videos of cute geeky girls playing '80s cover tunes on ukuleles. Technically, this wasn't part of my research, but I had a serious cute-geeky-girls-playing-ukuleles fetish that I can neither explain nor defend. Ernest Cline ukulele girl cute How do I relax? This might sound slightly ridiculous but I play the ukulele for at least an hour a day and I find something really blissful about it. Frank Skinner ukulele relax play I'd like to do a comedy with Emma Thompson. I admire her as an actress so much. I love her. And I didn't know it until recently that her whole career started in comedy. Gene Wilder ukulele careers love Now everybody's got a crazy notion of their own. Some like to mix up with a crowd, some like to be alone. It's no one elses' business as far as I can see, but every time that I go out the people stare at me, with me little ukulele in me hand. George Formby ukulele crazy hands For what I wrote that started this whole controversy, I deserved to be criticized, and I felt bad about writing it. I felt bad mainly as a writer and a thinker. Gregg Easterbrook ukulele thinker writing The ukulele is the instrument of peace. Jake Shimabukuro ukulele instruments Because if everyone played the ukulele, this world would be a much happier place. Jake Shimabukuro ukulele would-be world Growing up, the ukulele was always a respected instrument. It's a big part of our culture. It wasn't until I started traveling outside of Hawaii that I realized people didn't really consider the ukulele to be a real instrument. Jake Shimabukuro ukulele growing-up real Bill Gates recently picked up the ukulele. And Warren Buffett is a huge ukulele fan. I even got to strum a few chords with Francis Ford Coppola. It blows my mind that these people, who have everything in the world they could want, have picked up the ukulele and found a little bit of joy. Jake Shimabukuro ukulele blow people There's no ego when you're a ukulele player. Jake Shimabukuro ukulele ego player I always feel a little funny being in front of a lot of people trying to show them my approach to the ukulele, but I do enjoy it. I do get a little more nervous doing workshops rather than performing. Jake Shimabukuro ukulele trying people The ukulele has always appealed to the older generation. Jake Shimabukuro older-generation ukulele generations It was hard to figure out what were the good causes, the bad causes, even the good politics and the bad politics. So we started taking requests and figuring it out. Jeff Ament figuring-it ukulele causes There's not much you can do with a ukulele that doesn't sound happy. Jeff Lynne ukulele sound can-do My nerves before a gig got worse; I had terrible bad nerves all the time. Once we started... I was fine. John Bonham ukulele gigs nerves Unfortunately for humanity, I've gotten into the habit of providing my own closing music for shows by singing a song and playing the ukulele. John Hodgman ukulele humanity song Playing the ukulele and singing is a fantastic stress reliever. So is cleaning! Scrubbing away at the dirt helps clear my mind as well. Kandyse McClure ukulele stress mind «1234»
