American - Musician | November 3, 1976 -
If everyone played the ukulele, the world would be a better place.
Jake Shimabukuro
WorldBetterPlaceBetter Place
There's something about the ukulele that just makes you smile. It makes you let your guard down. It brings out the child in all of us.
SmileChildYouDownOutSomething
One of the biggest things that happened for me was YouTube.
MeYouTubeThingsHappenedBiggest
Classical music presents some of the world's most challenging pieces.
MusicWorldClassical MusicPieces
The ukulele has always appealed to the older generation.
GenerationAlwaysUkuleleOlder
Most of my ukulele heroes were traditional players from Hawaii, like Eddie Kamae and Ohta-san. There may not be uke stars in popular culture, but there are certainly pop stars that play uke - George Harrison, Eddie Vedder, Taylor Swift, Train, and Paul McCartney.
StarsCultureHawaiiTrainPlayMay
There's no ego when you're a ukulele player.
EgoYouUkulelePlayer
When you play guitar and strum, you're using biceps and triceps to move up and down. I realized you could just turn your wrist, your forearm, using smaller muscles in your arm that are much more efficient and much quicker.
GuitarYouDownPlayMoreTurn
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.
JoyPeopleMindWorldWantUp
Sometimes I can't think of a better way to end my day than coming home and just strumming my ukulele for a few minutes. I mean, I joke around and tell people that it's an entire yoga session in one strum, you know?
HomeDayPeopleThinkEndBetter
I love the fact that people don't see the ukulele as a serious instrument. A lot of people see it as more of a toy, and I love that because it just proves that people aren't intimidated by the instrument. They aren't afraid to pick it up.
LovePeopleSeriousMoreAfraidSee
When I was growing up, there was no such thing as a touring ukulele player.
Growing UpGrowingUpUkulelePlayer
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Jake Shimabukuro quotes