I play piano and ukulele, and I taught myself those things just because I wanted to play them.

I had a ukulele when I was about seven. Then I started playing around with the mandolin and the banjo.

The ukulele has always appealed to the older generation.

I started playing piano when I was 6, ukulele at 7.

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

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.

II know very, very little about the ukulele, but I actually grew up playing the viola from 4th grade through high school.

I play the ukulele. Is that quirky?

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

The only instrument I play myself is the ukulele.

If I could play the ukulele like Zooey Deschanel, I would find my own personal M. Ward, and we would do a side album; but I don't, you know?

I had a ukulele when I was much younger. I have no idea what happened to it but I think that was part of it, just being inspired and wanting to try to play an instrument that, to me, sounded beautiful.

One thing you might want to learn before you attend the world's largest ukulele lesson is how to say ukulele.

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

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

When I was a teenager, my mom got me a really nice baritone ukulele.

I've become a ukulele hoarder.

On the good days, my mother would haul out the ukulele and we'd sit around the kitchen table - it was a cardboard table with a linoleum top - and sing.

I started out playing ukulele when I was 5 or 6 years old.

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.