LP Quotes

I bring my ukulele everywhere I go, play a little music in the park, always have it with me.

I learned so much about music by playing this little, miniature songwriting machine [ukulele], especially about melody. The motto is less strings more melody.

When we started I wasn't the singer. I was the drunk rhythm guitarist who wrote all these weird songs.

A friend of mine, that I had known for some time, came up one day with an old guitar. I don't know where he got it, I don't know how long he'd had it, but he knew about two chords on it. He proceeded to teach them to me, and then we proceeded to go crazy over music.

I love to sing. I'm learning guitar right now.

I play guitar and sing when I'm not busy with school and acting.

The piano has been my friend all my life; it has always comforted me. Writing songs and sitting down at the piano is not only a business, it's a hobby I enjoy.

What made me pick up a guitar? It weighed a lot less than a piano.

They tell me I produced songs. I just stood in the back, wore a good suit and said, Yeah, that's happening.

I wouldn't go into the studio if I didn't have a band who's ready, willing, and able.

The first person that I ever heard sing a song I wrote was Jason Derulo. I was in the studio when he was doing it, and I mean, I've heard that guy's voice my whole life. When he was singing words I wrote, I started kind of choking up, but I tried to be all manly and puff my chest up and be all, 'Yeah, it's not a big deal.'

The studio is really fun because I don't make it into the studio unless I've got something I really like. I love working with different musicians in the studio; that's a real joy, working with someone for the first time.

My favorite is still the one that I started off with, which is a Les Paul Standard. I've played that at every gig I've ever had. And that's my starting point in the studio.

There's something about guitars, they're just so big, you know what I mean? You're just like, 'Ugh!' It just seems so overwhelming. And the ukulele is, like, the opposite of overwhelming.

When I was small, my parents came back from Tijuana, and my dad bought me a very small acoustic guitar. I loved it. I started making up my own songs right away.

I really want to write a novel. I also want to learn to play the mandolin.

When I write, I write the drum beat. Though sometimes I write on piano or guitar.

I've always liked the electric guitar better. Even though the acoustic can be a very sexy and mysterious instrument, I can go to way more places with an electric.

I had a ukulele when I was much younger. I have no idea what happened to it but I think that was part of it, just being inspired and wanting to try to play an instrument that, to me, sounded beautiful.

Great songs come out of people's bedrooms; they come out of studios; there's no formula for it.

I've written my own music, and I play guitar.

I write, and I sing, and I play a little guitar. I mean, it's tiny. Ba-dump-bum!

To me, being in the studio is one of the most exciting parts about being an artist.

I love the guitar because you can bring it everywhere, and you can start a jam wherever you are.

My parents bought this baby grand piano, which was in my living room, that I owe a lot to. I would just play it and write on it for hours. It was my favorite toy.