Because if everyone played the ukulele, this world would be a much happier place.

The ukulele is the instrument of peace.

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

Most people are awestruck when they see Lady Gaga and Bette Midler, but then the queen comes in.

You know, Leonard Cohen is amazing, just a mastermind, and really one of the great geniuses of our time.

I still believe that music is healing to some extent.

Now I know what a dulcimer is supposed to sound like.

The ukulele has always appealed to the older generation.

Classical music presents some of the world's most challenging pieces.

Hawaii is a small, close community.

If I could do something with Paul McCartney it would be just amazing. Or Eric Clapton.

Time kills essence! Don’t give people reasons to say you wasted your time! Use your time well now!

I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.

Now that I’ve reached the ripe old age of retirement, I feel it my duty to teach you everything I’ve learnt about love, so listen closely. Love is like… That’s as far as I’ve gotten I’m afraid.

I want to apologize to all of the people I have let down because of my behavior which has reflected badly on my family, friends, co-workers, business associates and others.

We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business?

We not only romanticize the future; we have also made it into a growth industry, a parlor game and a disaster movie all at the same time.

Sometimes you have to go places with characters and emotions within yourself you don't want to do, but you have a duty to the story and as a storyteller to do it.

How many more people have to die or be afraid or be injured in Chelsea, New York, Erin, for us to wake up?

The joy of painting lies precisely in the challenge of memory and the challenge of translation from the lived experience to the two-dimensional or three-dimensional symbol.

It was a very different Republican Party in 2013. And so I think particularly the House Republicans are more confrontational, less willing to compromise even than the Republican class of '94.