“The self-taught man seldom knows anything accurately, and he does not know a tenth as much as he could have known if he had worked under teachers; and, besides, he brags, and is the means of fooling other thoughtless people into going and doing as he himself had done.” — Mark Twain
The importance of repetition until automatically cannot be overstated. Repetition is the key to learning. John Wooden
Somebody asked me - you know, how come it took you so long to win a national championship? And I said, 'I'm a slow learner; but you notice when I learn something, I have it down pretty good. John Wooden
“Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!” - Dr. Suess
“I started playing ukulele first for 2 years from age 9 to 11 and got my first guitar and got inspired by blues I heard on the radio that turned me on and I started learning myself.” - Johnny Winter
“But because it was also so cheap it often got put into the toy bracket. They are not toys, but great instruments.”
Joe Brown, singer
“I remember the first time I heard Jimi Hendrix…He did things with an electric guitar that I hadn’t imagined, hadn’t thought possible. James Hill does that with the ‘ukulele.”
David Kidney, The Green Man Review
“The ukulele is a noble little instrument... anyone serious about
music will eventually come to play one.” - Bob Brozman