You know, I think music is very interactive. It's a - it's a language.

The ukulele is the instrument of peace.

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

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.

Zebrowski says that if you killed someone else just hide the body, he's not starting over on the paperwork.

The king knows with what ardor and perseverance I have at all times been devoted to the cause of liberty and to the principles of humanity, equality and justice.

Plant a good seed in the right spot and it will grow without further coaxing

The thing to do when one feels sure that he has said or done the right thing and is condemned, is to stand still and keep quiet. If he is right, time will show it.

There will be no breakout. When we changed for the single, we never specified what the breakout for sales to streams were.

One part brave, three parts fool!

With just a little effort, life can be more or less exceptionally tolerable.

One not need make peace with friends, only with enemies

To be true to life, a novel must have an ending that is inevitable given the specific personalities of the characters involved. The novelist must not impose an ending upon them.