Land Quote by Tift Merritt

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

I can start playing ukulele and then I'll go to a note that I think will be there, but because of the tuning, it's…

— Jherek Bischoff

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

— Lola Kirke

I always have a guitar or ukulele in the trailer, and I write songs. That keeps me in an artistic mind-set.

— Billy Bob Thornton

The first songs I ever wrote - my first, like, serious offerings - were all written on ukulele. It's always been a part of…

— Lou Barlow

You go to a studio with a guitar, people are like, 'Oh this girl's going to write this song on a guitar.' Or wants…

— LP

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

If everyone played the ukulele, the world would be a better place.

— Jake Shimabukuro

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 love the ukulele. It's got a beautiful, melodic tone to it. There's something innocent and romantic, and it's just a grand instrument to…

— Pierce Brosnan

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