If I could do something with Paul McCartney it would be just amazing. Or Eric Clapton.
Jake ShimabukuroWhen you go into the studio or get up on the stage with people who have more experience or knowledge, you learn.
Jake ShimabukuroBill 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.
Jake ShimabukuroYou know, Leonard Cohen is amazing, just a mastermind, and really one of the great geniuses of our time.
Jake ShimabukuroThe ukulele totally fits that whole hipster community or whatever you want to call it, but then at the same time it works great in nursing homes where senior citizens get together and play, and then as the traditional Hawaiian instrument with people doing the Hula and strumming the ukulele and singing.
Jake Shimabukuro