Ukulele – Quotes

I watched a lot

I watched a lot of YouTube videos of cute geeky girls playing ’80s cover tunes on ukuleles. Technically, this wasn’t part of my research, but I had a serious cute-geeky-girls-playing-ukuleles fetish that I can neither explain nor defend. Ernest Cline

I started acting when

I started acting when I was in high school, started writing when I got to New York in 1975. Eric Bogosian

We started out when

We started out when I was 6 years old. We played ukuleles and sang Everly Brothers songs. Edgar Winter

I started out playing

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

I had a \\\$1.50

I had a \$1.50 from playing the ukulele after owning it seven minutes. I thought, \”Hmmm, this has some possibilities.\” Eddie Vedder

I was able to

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 hearing the melodies come out, and then applying that to guitar or vocals. Eddie Vedder

I learned so much

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

I was starting to

I was starting to play the ukulele at the same time I was having all these conversations with [the late Ramones guitarist] Johnny Ramone, these intense tutorials staying up late and listening to the music he grew up on, and picking up what’s a great song and what makes a great song. He was all … Read more

I\\’ve been writing and

I’ve been writing and collecting songs on the ukulele for at least 10 years, so it was time to clear them out of the apartment building and make room for some new occupants.I need to make room for the bassoon record. Eddie Vedder

Things like guitars and

Things like guitars and ukuleles, you should never part with it, because there will probably be good, healthy times spent, just playing and writing. Eddie Vedder