Birthday Quote by Grace VanderWaal

A family friend was staying with us once and had brought over a ukulele. I just loved the way she played it. I saved…

— Grace VanderWaal

When I was five my parents bought me a ukulele for Christmas. I quickly learned how to play it with my father's guidance. Thereafter,…

— Tony Visconti

My mother gave me a ukulele at age eight, and I sang the popular tunes of the day.

— Pete Seeger

I actually first picked up an ukulele before I picked up a guitar.

— Dick Dale

I started out playing ukulele when I was 5 or 6 years old.

— Edgar Winter

I wish I had started to play the ukulele much earlier in life.

— Frank Skinner

The ukulele was the first of many instruments they had bought for me. They got me a guitar when I was eleven, which my…

— Tony Visconti

When I was a teenager, my mom got me a really nice baritone ukulele.

— Lou Barlow

I realized that I really didn't like the sound of the ukulele so much so I started playing the guitar.

— Lola Kirke

I picked up the guitar at 12 yrs old - basically, my mother and father bought it for me for Christmas. I played one…

— Greg Lake

I had a ukulele when I was much younger. I have no idea what happened to it but I think that was part of…

— Tracy Chapman

I had a ukulele when I was about seven. Then I started playing around with the mandolin and the banjo.

— Dickey Betts