My mother gave me a ukulele at age eight, and I sang the popular tunes of the day. — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
While I was in high school, I started working professionally and got an agent. — Charlene Tilton Copy Share Image
Because if everyone played the ukulele, this world would be a much happier place. — Jake Shimabukuro Copy Share Image
I love music, and playing ukulele and singing makes me really happy. — Colleen Ballinger Copy Share Image
As I try to get around with a guitar, a banjo and a suitcase of high heels and dresses, I treasure that… — Valerie June Copy Share Image
I got Sonny up to Harlem, and we started street playin' in New York. We did that for three or four years… — Brownie McGhee Copy Share Image
When I started, there weren't that many kids doing it in the city, but the in the wave after me there were… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have an all-black Mahalo ukulele - it's like my baby. It has brought me so much peace and comfort. — Madeline Brewer Copy Share Image
My nerves before a gig got worse; I had terrible bad nerves all the time. Once we started... I was fine. — John Bonham Copy Share Image
II know very, very little about the ukulele, but I actually grew up playing the viola from 4th grade through high school. — Kris Allen Copy Share Image
I bring my ukulele everywhere I go, play a little music in the park, always have it with me. — Max Schneider Copy Share Image
Things like guitars and ukuleles, you should never part with it, because there will probably be good, healthy times spent, just playing… — Eddie Vedder Copy Share Image
When I was five my parents bought me a ukulele for Christmas. I quickly learned how to play it with my father's… — Tony Visconti Copy Share Image
I was reading a magazine when I was a little kid, probably about twelve years old, and an ad said that if… — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
A family friend was staying with us once and had brought over a ukulele. I just loved the way she played it.… — Grace VanderWaal Copy Share Image
I would love to sit down and do only the ukulele with a very small crowd. I would also like to sing… — Grace VanderWaal Copy Share Image
I mostly play old period songs, as they suit a ukulele more. I bought it when I saw the tribute concert to… — Charles Dance Copy Share Image
I love the fact that people don't see the ukulele as a serious instrument. A lot of people see it as more… — Jake Shimabukuro Copy Share Image
I've been writing and collecting songs on the ukulele for at least 10 years, so it was time to clear them out… — Eddie Vedder Copy Share Image
Most of my ukulele heroes were traditional players from Hawaii, like Eddie Kamae and Ohta-san. There may not be uke stars in… — Jake Shimabukuro Copy Share Image
Let me be the first to admit that the naked truth about me is to the naked truth about Salvador Dali as… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
My Portuguese uncle had a Portuguese version of a ukulele. The family would pull it out after dinner and play Portuguese folk… — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
I was starting to play the ukulele at the same time I was having all these conversations with [the late Ramones guitarist]… — Eddie Vedder Copy Share Image
“At the ukulele workshop that summer. He lectured on the four-note chord in the context of timelessness, and described himself then as… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
One interesting thing - I play bass and guitar and stuff like that. I know those instruments really well. But I don't… — Jherek Bischoff Copy Share Image
If everyone played the ukulele, the world would be a better place. — Jake Shimabukuro Copy Share Image
When we first started, we were a band from Athens and that was so off the map. — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
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