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

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There's something about the ukulele that just makes you smile. It makes you let your guard down. It brings out the child in all of us.

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When you play guitar and strum, you're using biceps and triceps to move up and down. I realized you could just turn your wrist, your forearm, using smaller muscles in your arm that are much more efficient and much quicker.

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The ukulele has always appealed to the older generation.

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Blues, rock and hip hop are more about a lifestyle and culture than notes on a page.

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Bill Gates recently picked up the ukulele. And Warren Buffett is a huge ukulele fan. I even got to strum a few chords with Francis Ford Coppola. It blows my mind that these people, who have everything in the world they could want, have picked up the ukulele and found a little bit of joy.

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Sometimes I can't think of a better way to end my day than coming home and just strumming my ukulele for a few minutes. I mean, I joke around and tell people that it's an entire yoga session in one strum, you know?

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One of the biggest things that happened for me was YouTube.

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I love the fact that people don't see the ukulele as a serious instrument. A lot of people see it as more of a toy, and I love that because it just proves that people aren't intimidated by the instrument. They aren't afraid to pick it up.

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

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: November 3rd, 1976

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