Always Quote by Lou Barlow

I started writing once I got the ukulele.

— Grace VanderWaal

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…

— Eddie Vedder

Sometimes when you're writing on a ukulele, you're in a totally new land, rhythmically or melodically.

— Tift Merritt

My advice for someone just learning the ukulele would be to have fun with it and not take anything too seriously. Some songs that…

— Grace VanderWaal

My first songs were about animals and shoes. I wrote one song about PF Flyers, and one to my fish.

— Kate Micucci

I think my first instrument was a ukulele that they gave me. I used to know how to play that pretty well.

— Don Henley

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

— Lola Kirke

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

— Frank Skinner

I've been writing songs since I was like six or seven. I've been writing poetry and short stories and stuff, but my first serious,…

— Gabrielle Aplin

I have a collection of ukuleles. I meant to graduate to the guitar, but I never did.

— Jacinda Ardern

The first album was literally the first 12 songs I've ever written.

— Mat Kearney

I had simply been inspired by Arthur Godfrey (40's) and Ukulele Ike and Cliff Edwards (20's). In there day, they were huge in this…

— Tiny Tim