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

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.

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.

Freedom is not for the timid.

I don't go for the nouvelle approach - serving a rabbit rump with coffee extract sauce and a slice of kiwi fruit.

My debt to you, Belovèd, Is one I cannot pay In any coin of any realm On any reckoning day.

Muscle has memory: the body knows things the mind will not admit.

The idea of an Afrikaner people as a cultural entity and religious group with a special language will be retained in South Africa as long as civilisation stands.

We insist that society should conform to our own subjective illusion of reality.

I've never, like some people are, been embarrassed to be in radio.

The argument on the other side of special rights is completely bogus. It's bogus because you could make exactly the same claim about racial or ethnic or religious minorities.

When people ask me how they should approach performance, I always tell them the professional musician should aspire to the state of the beginner.

What is happening now is that the number of people who are not strong enough or do not feel strong enough to decide to live without the security provided by the community or the state, is going up.