“I grew up in the Midlands area of England around the Birmingham area and when I was four years old, my uncle, who was living in the same house that I was living in, had as a hobby, playing the ukulele. At four years old, I was interested in this instrument already and he taught me a few chords on it. So that is how I started on string instruments.”
Dave Holland
“When you are old and grey and full of sleep, and nodding by the fire, take down this book and slowly read, and dream of the soft look your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep.”
W.B. Yeats
“My friend from Birmingham invited me to lunch with a bunch of folks from Florida. That's when I met Dave.”
JoLaine Jones
“When the Birmingham movement happened, it just stunned me, ... I felt a tiny breath of something very powerful. It changed the whole direction of my life's interest.”
Taylor Branch
“I'm hoping that Birmingham is fan-friendly. You put four judges in it and you're taking it to the podium, that takes out some of the advantage.”
Sarah Patterson
“One has no great hopes from Birmingham. I always say there is something direful in the sound.”
Jane Austen
“You feel as if you've been projected into the 21st Century, ... Yes, it's my kinda town. So long, Birmingham. Here's looking at ya.”
Telly Savalas
