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When I was growing up, there was no such thing as a touring ukulele player.

- Jake Shimabukuro
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Hawaii is a small, close community.

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

Jazz is an art that takes decades to appreciate and understand.

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.

The ukulele has always appealed to the older generation.

There's no ego when you're a ukulele player.

I think everyone should feel like they can make music, they can create music.

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.

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.

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When I was growing up, there was no such thing as a touring ukulele player.

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When I was growing up, there was no such thing as a touring ukulele player.

When I was growing up, there was no such thing as a touring ukulele player.

When I was growing up, there was no such thing as a touring ukulele player.

When I was growing up, there was no such thing as a touring ukulele player.

When I was growing up, there was no such thing as a touring ukulele player.

When I was growing up, there was no such thing as a touring ukulele player.

When I was growing up, there was no such thing as a touring ukulele player.

When I was growing up, there was no such thing as a touring ukulele player.