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" 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. "
People
Joy
Got
" Blues, rock and hip hop are more about a lifestyle and culture than notes on a page. "
Blues
Rock
Page
" Bruce Lee loved all different styles of martial arts. He believed that you shouldn't limit yourself to one style, because martial arts is just another form of human expression. "
Yourself
Arts
Limit
" Classical music presents some of the world's most challenging pieces. "
Most
Music
World
" Hawaii is a small, close community. "
Community
Close
Hawaii
" I always feel a little funny being in front of a lot of people trying to show them my approach to the ukulele, but I do enjoy it. I do get a little more nervous doing workshops rather than performing. "
People
Funny
Enjoy
" If everyone played the ukulele, the world would be a better place. "
Ukulele
Better
Everyone
" I know a few chords on the guitar, but I wouldn't be able do a show or even be part of a jam session with one. "
Jam
Even
Guitar
" 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. "
Love
Serious
See
" I'm not the kind of person that can do the same thing over and over and over, so that's why touring, playing in a different venue every night, in front of a different audience, is so rewarding, you know, because it always feels fresh. "
Know
You
Always
" I think everyone should feel like they can make music, they can create music. "
Music
Think
Feel
" I thought I'd grow up to be a teacher, or maybe run for political office. "
Grow
Teacher
Thought
" Jazz is an art that takes decades to appreciate and understand. "
Art
Appreciate
Understand
" 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. "
Play
Culture
Hawaii
" One of the biggest things that happened for me was YouTube. "
Me
Happened
YouTube
" 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? "
Think
Know
Home
" There's no ego when you're a ukulele player. "
You
Ukulele
Ego
" There's nothing I like better than talking to kids, just sharing the music with them. To relate to them, you need to play songs they're familiar with. "
Music
Better
You
" 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. "
Child
Just
Down
" The ukulele has always appealed to the older generation. "
Generation
Always
Older
" When I was growing up, there was no such thing as a touring ukulele player. "
Player
Up
Ukulele
" When you go into the studio or get up on the stage with people who have more experience or knowledge, you learn. "
More
Experience
People
" 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. "
Down
Guitar
Up
" You get older, you start meeting girls, you want to impress them. And if you happen to know an instrument, what you do is turn on the radio and try to figure out how to play popular songs. "
Start
Know
Impress
" You know, I think music is very interactive. It's a - it's a language. "
Very
You
Think
" You know, the ukulele itself is not a very loud instrument, all right? And, you know, compared to like a trumpet, right? A trumpet is really loud. "
Know
Like
Loud
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